Hypermedia Online Publishing: the Transformation of the Scholarly Journal

1.4.2 Stakeholders

The main stakeholders in this ecology are scholars (as both writers and readers), scholarly societies (as both representatives of scholars and publishing intermediaries), publishers (both for-profit and non-profit), subscription vendors and librarians. Roles and practices are also intertwined. For instance, one should not assume that an organisation with a publishing role could not practice an archiving function.

The specific research questions relating to the roles and practices of stakeholders in the current scholarly journal ecology were:

How might technology transform the roles of these stakeholders?
How might technology transform the practices of these stakeholders

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