JSTOR: A Case Study in the Recent History of Scholarly Communications

Reference Type Journal Article
Year of Publication
2005
Author
Author: Roger C. Schonfeld
Journal
Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems
Volume
39
Issue
4
Pagination
337-344
Language
English
Region
United States
Chronological Period
1950-1999
21st century
Abstract
  • Purpose: To argue for the consideration from an historical perspective of technology-enabled changes in higher education.
  • Design/methodology/approach: Uses examples from the author's history of JSTOR as a case study.
  • Findings: That the case of JSTOR offers evidence that technology-enabled changes in higher education will have historical interest.
  • Research limitations/implications: Although the author presents only examples from JSTOR, historians should begin to give attention to the overall changes taking place in scholarly communications and higher education.
  • Practical implications: Suggests further areas of research for historians, information scientists, and graduate students.
  • Originality/value: This work should be of interest to library and information professionals, business historians, and perhaps economic historians interested in the information industries.
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