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High print journal subscription costs, access to desktop publishing software, and awareness of Internet capability are among several reasons that interest in the electronic publishing of scholarly journals is increasing rapidly. The economic considerations of electronic publishing are not as familiar, however, although the fingertip accessibility of electronic journals, and in some cases, the lack of subscription charges gives the impression that electronic journal publishing is a much less costly means of publishing. Such an impression receives qualified confirmation in this article as an overview of the costs of scholarly publishing is provided, and the costs of print and electronic journals are compared. Also addressed are ways to recover costs of publishing electronic journals, and predictions for the future of such journals.

The rapid growth of information and communication technology since the early 1990s has greatly influenced the accessibility of information on a global level and also has played a critical role in restructuring the mechanisms by which specialized academic knowledge is validated, distributed, and made available to consumers. The primary mechanism for validation and distribution of academic knowledge is that of peer-reviewed publication, and it is this mechanism and its intersection with Internet-based electronic publishing that constitute the focus of this study of attitudes toward scholarship presented in electronic formats.

OhioLINK, a consortium of university and college libraries, has built one of the world's largest electronic journal archives. Many lessons have been learned about electronic journals during the building of this archive. How OhioLINK and other organizations build archives of electronic journals and how these archives are designed to make their contents accessible to users are described as are the changes that occurring in the contents of electronic journals. These three areas, how archives are built, their features, and future trends in publishing are related to their effects on journal readers.

The growth of electronic journals (e-journals) in Western Europe and North America has been widely reported. The rapid development of e-journal publishing in China is less well known. This paper provides a brief introduction to the development of e-journals in China before examining their impact on libraries, particularly academic libraries. Several factors that may have affected the growth of e-journals are noted, including the nature of government initiatives and pedagogical methods. As well as pointing to and reviewing some of the limited literature on the development of the publishing industry, the researchers also conducted some interviews in China. To provide an initial understanding of the impact on libraries, a small survey of academic libraries was undertaken. In addition, a study of the perspectives of the academic and library staff of Shandong University, one of China's largest universities, identified specific effects on user behaviour, the library staff and the budget.

CERN, the originator of the WWW, employs the Web internally for corporate information and exchange. Hear from CERN librarians how their Web-based Intranet is deployed and used throughout CERN. They discuss their role, technical issues, challenges and solutions, as well as the lessons they have learned.

Ejournals are becoming an accepted and necessary means of meeting the demands for the dissemination of knowledge. This introductory article discusses the recent "explosion" of ejournals and provides an explanation of what is meant by an "ejournal." Ejournals are explored within the traditional context of scholarship and a discussion of the "serials crisis" that promoted the inception of ejournals is presented. After laying the groundwork for discussing scholarship in this new age of dissemination of scholarly information, the article discusses whether this digital form of publication can be called a "paradigm shift" in Kuhn's (1970) traditional sense of the word.

The purpose of this article is to provide you with informative tips and things to think about that may help you get your new electronic journal off on the right'¦screen. This new communication medium can seem overwhelming at first, but the goal is the same as always - communicate/disseminate/learn - soon it should seem like an old friend. Described herein are some quick do's and don'ts, tips and pointers, and questions that should help you get a jump-start and help make establishing an electronic journal an enjoyable and exciting venture, while keeping the technological downside to a minimum.