AFSTRACT A NUMBER OF RECENT EVENTS, most notably the emergence of the World Wide Web, have triggered a dramatic increase in the availability of electronic journals. Today’s electronic journals make use of the technologies of the
present but are also based on the experiences of the past. This article
discusses the steps that have been taken to reach the point where we are
today in electronic publishing, including CD-ROM systems, local data load-
ing, and pre-Web online, and outlines some remaining obstacles, includ-
ing critical mass, aggregation, local collection development, integration,
and archiving, that must be overcome before libraries can make the ulti- mate leap from paper to electronic collections.
AFSTRACT A NUMBER OF RECENT EVENTS, most notably the emergence of the World Wide Web, have triggered a dramatic increase in the availability of electronic journals. Today’s electronic journals make use of the technologies of thepresent but are also based on the experiences of the past. This articlediscusses the steps that have been taken to reach the point where we aretoday in electronic publishing, including CD-ROM systems, local data load-ing, and pre-Web online, and outlines some remaining obstacles, includ-ing critical mass, aggregation, local collection development, integration,and archiving, that must be overcome before libraries can make the ulti- mate leap from paper to electronic collections.
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