British Library Working Party on Electronic Publishing: LIR102

The impact of electronic publishing on library services and resources in the UK

Tables 1 and 2 - Typology of problems and opportunities relating to electronic publishing

Fig 1 - Issues relating to electronic publishing: (1) problems

AUTHORS COMMERCIAL INTERESTS:
PUBLISHERS & DATABASE
PRODUCERS; SUBSCRIPTION
AGENTS; VENDORS LIBRARIANS & INFORMATION WORKERS USERS
PRODUCTION, ACQUISITION & CATALOGUING Journals: WP packages; macros.
Books, hypertext: as above, plus role vis-a-vis publisher in authoring systems
Choice of media for different markets.
Cost of retrieval software licenses on CD-ROM
Types of EP to be held.
Wide variety of different media.
Bibliographic control.
Primary & secondary publications in electronic form.
Legal deposit.
USER ACCESS, DOCUMENT DELIVERY Confidence in user systems before authoring. Marketing,
Competition,
Technical support for users,
Ease of copying by users Providing access devices for different media.
Subject access.
Lending procedures.
Different search interfaces for different databases.
Need for help desks. User education.
Training materials.
Ease of access and use.
Browsing capability.
Consistent interfaces.

ARCHIVING & CONSERVATION How and where to store their revision. New editions/ updating/storage; Provenance Conservation.
Long-term access as equipment becomes obsolete.
Coping with ephemeral material (e.g. as in viewdata screens).
Provenance. Integrity of material
LEGAL Ownership
Public Lending Right
Liability
Ownership
Liability Ownership of purchased products.
Copyright
Licensing
Standard agreements on use of EP.
Liability for reader infringements of copyright. Downloading.
Copying.

STANDARDS
Editorial control
Format & quality standards
Retrieval software on CD-ROM Format and quality standards.
Standards for bibliographic description.
COST & PRICING Royalties. Tarification; Pricing Network fees. Educational discounts. Value to readers compared to conventional media. Cost and value in comparison with conventional media.
GOVERNMENT
POLICY Access to systems; 'level playing field' in economics. Local versus national aspects of library holdings of EPs.

Fig.2 - Issues relating to electronic publishing: (2) opportunities

AUTHORS COMMERCIAL INTERESTS: PUBLISHERS & DATABASE PRODUCERS; SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS; VENDORS LIBRARIANS & INFORMATION WORKERS USERS
Wider range of channels for publication.
Flexibility of text handling.
Writing aids - spell checkers, thesauri, etc.
Ability to 'recycle' text.
Choice of media for different markets and publications.
Easier editorial processing.
Ability to transfer publications from one medium to another.
Abolition of location constraint for access, through decentralised electronic access.
Reduced space requirements for storage.
Faster searching
Better subject retrieval.
Faster document delivery.
Easier exchange of documents with other libraries.
Scope for integrating previously separated functions.
More scope for tailored services. Ability to access information even when remote from library.
Better searchability.
Ease of copying (at minimal cost).

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	AUTHORS	COMMERCIAL INTERESTS: PUBLISHERS & DATABASE PRODUCERS; SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS; VENDORS	LIBRARIANS & INFORMATION WORKERS	USERS
PRODUCTION, ACQUISITION & CATALOGUING	Journals: WP packages; macros. Books, hypertext: as above, plus role vis-a-vis publisher in authoring systems	Choice of media for different markets. Cost of retrieval software licenses on CD-ROM	Types of EP to be held. Wide variety of different media. Bibliographic control. Primary & secondary publications in electronic form. Legal deposit.
USER ACCESS, DOCUMENT DELIVERY	Confidence in user systems before authoring.	Marketing, Competition, Technical support for users, Ease of copying by users	Providing access devices for different media. Subject access. Lending procedures. Different search interfaces for different databases. Need for help desks.	User education. Training materials. Ease of access and use. Browsing capability. Consistent interfaces.
ARCHIVING & CONSERVATION	How and where to store their revision.	New editions/ updating/storage; Provenance	Conservation. Long-term access as equipment becomes obsolete. Coping with ephemeral material (e.g. as in viewdata screens). Provenance.	Integrity of material
LEGAL	Ownership Public Lending Right Liability	Ownership Liability	Ownership of purchased products. Copyright Licensing Standard agreements on use of EP. Liability for reader infringements of copyright.	Downloading. Copying.
STANDARDS		Editorial control Format & quality standards Retrieval software on CD-ROM	Format and quality standards. Standards for bibliographic description.
COST & PRICING	Royalties.	Tarification; Pricing	Network fees. Educational discounts. Value to readers compared to conventional media.	Cost and value in comparison with conventional media.
GOVERNMENT POLICY		Access to systems; 'level playing field' in economics.	Local versus national aspects of library holdings of EPs.

AUTHORS	COMMERCIAL INTERESTS: PUBLISHERS & DATABASE PRODUCERS; SUBSCRIPTION AGENTS; VENDORS	LIBRARIANS & INFORMATION WORKERS	USERS
Wider range of channels for publication. Flexibility of text handling. Writing aids - spell checkers, thesauri, etc. Ability to 'recycle' text.	Choice of media for different markets and publications. Easier editorial processing. Ability to transfer publications from one medium to another.	Abolition of location constraint for access, through decentralised electronic access. Reduced space requirements for storage. Faster searching Better subject retrieval. Faster document delivery. Easier exchange of documents with other libraries. Scope for integrating previously separated functions. More scope for tailored services.	Ability to access information even when remote from library. Better searchability. Ease of copying (at minimal cost).