?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Talking+past+each+other%3A+Making+Sense+of+the+Debate+over+Electronic+Publication&rft.creator=Solomon%2C+David++J.&rft.subject=Archives&rft.description=This+paper+discusses+the+implications+electronic+dissemination+for+the+peer-reviewed+serial+publication+system.+To+make+sense+of+this+complex+issue%2C+it+is+helpful+to+view+it+from+the+perspective+of+the+origins+of+the+system+and+its+three+core+functions%2C+the+ranking+of+scholarship%2C+facilitating+interactive+communication+among+scholars%2C+and+creating+a+comprehensive+archive+of+scholarly+and+scientific+knowledge.+Each+of+these+core+functions+has+different+requirements+that+are+to+some+extent+overlapping+but+also+to+some+extent+in+conflict.+The+Internet+opens+the+possibility+of+developing+a+variety+of+different+models+of+scholarly+communication+each+fulfilling+to+a+greater+or+lesser+extent+these+three+roles+paper+journals+have+served+and+possibly+other+roles+that+were+not+even+conceivable+prior+to+the+development+of+world-wide+electronic+networks.+The+implications+of+electronic+distribution+for+ownership+and+access+to+the+scholarly+literature+are+profound+and+likely+to+exacerbate+the+already+serious+serial+pricing+crisis+that+is+hindering+the+widespread+access+to+scientific+and+scholarly+information.++The+scholarly+community%2C+which+both+authors+the+material+contained+in+these+publications+and+largely+consumes+the+finish+product+holds+the+key+to+solving+this+crisis+and+allowing+the+Internet+to+be+a+vehicle+for+facilitating+the+dissemination+of+publicly+funded+research+and+scholarship+rather+than+resulting+in+its+transfer+to+private+ownership.&rft.date=2002-07&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2356%2F1%2FManuscript_Solomon.pdf&rft.identifier=++Solomon%2C+David+J.++(2002)+Talking+past+each+other%3A+Making+Sense+of+the+Debate+over+Electronic+Publication.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2356%2F