Interesting. I wonder if this article is self-archived and where to find it. I can't locate it via Google; just the TA Sage version. Any help is appreciated. Many thanks in advance.
Jan Velterop > -----Original Message----- > From: American Scientist Open Access Forum > [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of Ingemar Bohlin > Sent: 09 July 2004 12:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Sociology of Technology > > > Hi Stevan, > > Would you mind posting this note to the American Scientist discussion > list? > > An article which might be of interest to this forum has just appeared > in Social Studies of Science, a leading journal in the area of > Science and Technology Studies: > > Ingemar Bohlin, Communication Regimes in Competition: The Current > Transition in Scholarly Communication Seen through the Lens of the > Sociology of Technology. Social Studies of Science 34, 2004, 365-91. > > Abstract: > > Recent advances in information technology have enabled new ways of > communicating research reports. A significant innovation in this area > is that of 'eprint' archives, online repositories in which > researchers make their papers freely available to their colleagues. > This practice, which is known as self-archiving, poses a serious > challenge to traditional academic journals. Publishers have responded > with several strategies for remodeling journals, in order to make > them more attractive to authors and readers. New services, products > and initiatives are constantly being launched in this market, and the > outcome of the present disruption is uncertain. This article employs > the SCOT methodology to analyse the current transformation in > scholarly communication. The analysis defines the functions long > served by academic publishing, examines the extent to which newly > introduced technologies fulfil those functions, and explains the > dynamics of the stabilisation process now under way. A key element of > the analysis is the principle of interpretative flexibility. In the > present case, interpretative flexibility brings into relief > disciplinary variation in the needs and interests of potential users. > > Keywords: academic publishing, eprint archives, interpretative > flexibility, scholarly journals, self-archiving, social construction > of technology > > Ingemar Bohlin > Theory of Science > Gothenburg University > P.O. Box 200 > 405 30 Gothenburg > Sweden > Tel +46 31 773 44 74 > Email [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
