Integrating primary and secondary journals: A model for the immediate future
Abstract
The American Institute of Physics (AIP), as an essential aspect of its Current Physics Information (CPI) program, has been implementing a new procedure for the production of both its primary journals and its secondary-information products which relies on a singe processing of the common elements in both. This processing includes copy editing, keyboarding, proofreading, and indexing of such items as article titles, authors, by-lines, abstracts, and references. The single computer tape produced by this processing is used for the photocomposition of the elements involved for the primary journals, as well as for AIP's secondary services including the volume indexes to the primary journals themselves. I will discuss the reasons for this change in procedure, and its technical and economic aspects. I will also sketch out possible future developments in the system, which would rely on much greater use of computer processing, and attempt to assess the economic benefits. Finally, I will discuss the effects of AIP's secondary-information capabilities on the dissemination of primary information in traditional formats, as well as possible alternative formats.
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- IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
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- 1973-09-01
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- 10.1109/tpc.1973.6592679
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