Contents

• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• STEERING COMMITTEE ON ELECTRONIC SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL, AND MEDICAL JOURNAL PUBLISHING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
• COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND PUBLIC POLICY
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• 1. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
• 2. KEYNOTE ADDRESS
• 3. COSTS OF PUBLICATION
  • INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
  • OVERVIEW OF THE COSTS OF PUBLICATION
  • COMMENTS BY PANEL PARTICIPANTS
  • DISCUSSION OF ISSUES
• 4. PUBLICATION BUSINESS MODELS AND REVENUE
  • INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
  • COMMENTS BY PANEL PARTICIPANTS
  • DISCUSSION OF ISSUES
• 5. LEGAL ISSUES IN PRODUCTION, DISSEMINATION, AND USE
  • INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
  • Copyright Basics: Ownership and Rights
  • LICENSING
  • ECONOMIC AND NON-ECONOMIC REWARDS TO AUTHORS: THE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK EXAMPLE
  • DISCUSSION OF ISSUES
• 6. WHAT IS PUBLISHING IN THE FUTURE?
  • INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
  • IMPLICATIONS OF EMERGING RECOMMENDER AND REPUTATION SYSTEMS
  • PREPRINT SERVERS AND EXTENSIONS TO OTHER FIELDS
  • INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
  • DISCUSSION OF ISSUES
• 7. WHAT CONSTITUTES A PUBLICATION IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT?
  • INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
  • THE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENT
  • PUBLISHING LARGE DATA SETS IN ASTRONOMY—THE VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY
  • GENOMIC DATA CURATION AND INTEGRATION WITH THE LITERATURE
  • DISCUSSION OF ISSUES
• 8. SYMPOSIUM WRAP-UP
  • MODERATOR'S OVERVIEW
  • COMMENTS BY PANEL PARTICIPANTS
  • DISCUSSION OF ISSUES
  • CLOSING REMARKS
• Appendix A Symposium Agenda
• Appendix B Biographical Information for Speakers and Steering Committee Members
• Appendix C Symposium Participants

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

Support for this project was provided by the National Academy of Sciences through an unnumbered internal grant. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and symposium speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.