E.journals

[ralf becker]

Hello Julian.
Both K and MO failing, or burning down is highly unlikely.
My point is that "Effective publication" is easy done.
If the E journal is printed on an ordinary printer this will be enough,
according to the code.
Until we can not make absolutely sure that e archives are safe and
sustainable, I thing we must have a paper copy and therefore stick to the
code.
I wonder why nobody had a go at Latin descriptions
Regards
Ralf

-----Original Message-----
From: Julian H [mailto:humphries at mail.utexas.edu]
Sent: 13 January 2006 22:08
To: ralf becker
Subject: Re: [TAXACOM] E.journals

At 03:50 PM 1/13/2006, you wrote:

>*********
>I thing, printed copies, should be distributed to different institutions,
to
>insure that coming generations can access it.
>Databases can run out of money and disappear, unlikely libraries at Kew or
>Missouri.

Why would they differ?  Kew and MO both have libraries and databases,
failure or success is likely to affect both.


>On the other hand, we should insure that publications are on the web and
>accessible to anyone and anywhere.
>But there is no need to change the code.
>
>If one deposits two printed copies in any libraries accessible to the
>general public it is an effective publication.


Except that printing those copies adds enormously to the cost.  I
don't have numbers, but I would guess the first copy of any printer
journal is many thousands of dollars over the cost of electronic
publication. It is close to a fixed sum game with libraries, so every
"extra" paper journal (added to satisfy rules from a different
era)  means one or more fewer electronic journals.



Julian Humphries
DigiMorph.Org
Geological Sciences
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712
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