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Product Identifiers

PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691115311

ISBN-139780691115313

eBay Product ID (ePID)2480213

Product Key Features

Number of Pages448 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameJstor : a History

Publication Year2003

SubjectPublishing, Library & Information Science / General, Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorRoger C. Schonfeld

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight27.1 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2002-035907

ReviewsThis book is an account of a computer project but equally a thoughtful history of the managerial problems that confront a foundation intent on instigating a far-reaching innovation. -- Anthony Smith, Times Higher Education Supplement, Schonfeld's scholarship makesJSTOR: A Historya valuable analysis of the mistakes and successes of a digital archive and scholarly resource, while his clear writing almost makes it a page-turner. -- Ross MacDonald, Electronic Library, Schonfeld's scholarship makes JSTOR: A History a valuable analysis of the mistakes and successes of a digital archive and scholarly resource, while his clear writing almost makes it a page-turner., "Schonfeld's scholarship makes JSTOR: A History a valuable analysis of the mistakes and successes of a digital archive and scholarly resource, while his clear writing almost makes it a page-turner." --Ross MacDonald, Electronic Library, "This book is an account of a computer project but equally a thoughtful history of the managerial problems that confront a foundation intent on instigating a far-reaching innovation." --Anthony Smith, Times Higher Education Supplement, "This book is an account of a computer project but equally a thoughtful history of the managerial problems that confront a foundation intent on instigating a far-reaching innovation."-- Anthony Smith, Times Higher Education Supplement, "Schonfeld's scholarship makes JSTOR: A History a valuable analysis of the mistakes and successes of a digital archive and scholarly resource, while his clear writing almost makes it a page-turner."-- Ross MacDonald, Electronic Library, This book is an account of a computer project but equally a thoughtful history of the managerial problems that confront a foundation intent on instigating a far-reaching innovation., Schonfeld's scholarship makesJSTOR: A Historya valuable analysis of the mistakes and successes of a digital archive and scholarly resource, while his clear writing almost makes it a page-turner., Schonfeld's scholarship makes JSTOR: A History a valuable analysis of the mistakes and successes of a digital archive and scholarly resource, while his clear writing almost makes it a page-turner. -- Ross MacDonald, Electronic Library

IllustratedYes

SynopsisTen years ago, most scholars and students relied on bulky card catalogs, printed bibliographic indices, and hardcopy books and journals. Today, much content is available electronically or online. This book examines the history of one of the first, and most successful, digital resources for scholarly communication, JSTOR. Beginning as a grant-funded project of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at the University of Michigan, JSTOR has grown to become a major archive of the backfiles of academic journals, and its own nonprofit organization. Roger Schonfeld begins this history by looking at JSTOR's original mission of saving storage space and thereby storage costs, a mission that expanded immediately to improving access to the literature. What role did the University play? Could JSTOR have been built without the active involvement of a foundation? Why was it seen as necessary to "spin off" the project? This case study proceeds as an organizational history of the birth and maturation of this nonprofit, which had to emerge from the original university partnership to carve its own identity. How did the grant project evolve into a successful marketplace enterprise? How was JSTOR able to serve its twofold mission of archiving its journals while also providing access to them? What has accounted for its growth? Finally, Schonfeld considers implications of the economic and organizational aspects of archiving as well as the system-wide savings that JSTOR ensures by broadly distributing costs., Ten years ago, most scholars and students relied on bulky card catalogs, printed bibliographic indices, and hardcopy books and journals. Today, much content is available electronically or online. This book examines the history of one of the first, and most successful, digital resources for scholarly communication, JSTOR. Beginning as a grant-funded project of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation at the University of Michigan, JSTOR has grown to become a major archive of the backfiles of academic journals, and its own nonprofit organization. Roger Schonfeld begins this history by looking at JSTOR's original mission of saving storage space and thereby storage costs, a mission that expanded immediately to improving access to the literature. What role did the University play? Could JSTOR have been built without the active involvement of a foundation? Why was it seen as necessary to "spin off" the project? This case study proceeds as an organizational history of the birth and maturation of this nonprofit, which had to emerge from the original university partnership to carve its own identity. How did the grant project evolve into a successful marketplace enterprise?How was JSTOR able to serve its twofold mission of archiving its journals while also providing access to them?What has accounted for its growth? Finally, Schonfeld considers implications of the economic and organizational aspects of archiving as well as the system-wide savings that JSTOR ensures by broadly distributing costs., Most scholars and students relied on card catalogs, printed bibliographic indices, and hardcopy books and journals. This book examines the history of digital resources for scholarly communication, JSTOR. It looks at JSTOR's mission of saving storage space and thereby storage costs, a mission that expanded to improving access to the literature.

LC Classification NumberPN4836.S36 2003