National Academies & Policy and Global Affairs 
Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications [EPUB ebook] 
Report of a Symposium

The Symposium on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical (STM) Journals and Its Implications addressed five key areas. The first two areas addressedcosts of publication and publication business models and revenuefocused on the STM publishing enterprise as it exists today and, in particular, how it has evolved since the advent of electronic publishing. The following section reviewed copyright and licensing issues of concern to the authors and to universities. The final two sessions looked toward the future, specifically, at what publishing may be in the future and what constitutes a publication in the digital environment.