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Who pay’s….

the Ferryman ?

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Information access in the virtual scientific environment

Prof. M.M.Chanowski

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Why are only some of us recognizing the fundamental changes in communication

The effects on Publishing

The effects on writing

The effects on communication technology

The effects on Publishers

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past future

19951450

documentera

Digitalera

Revolution Revolution

Evolution

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EvolutionMore of the same ?

FutureFuture

PastPastandandPresentPresent

If you always do what you always did,you will always get what you always got.

Albert Einstein

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Different

RevolutionFutureFuture

PastPastandandPresentPresent

What is YOUR perception ?

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1910 Prophesy ?

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1790

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1920

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2002

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1790

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1890

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1970

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2003

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INDEX

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You have to know your ‘sources’

You have to interpret 30 headlines before selection

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Pre-knowledge is required

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Jumping from URL to URLFrom search engine to search engine

From design to design

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Open URL(meta-tags)

Z39.50 / RSW

Federated search(Metasearch)

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More than 50% of all STM informationis in the hands of only a few

publishers

ElsevierKAP

(taken over by Candover )

Springer verlag(for sale)

WileyTaylor & Francis

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Universities and Librarieswant to pay less (or nothing)

for information

OAIOpen Archives Initiative

SPARC

(Sparc strives to return scienceto the scientists)

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Sally Morris(Assoc.of Learned and Professional Science Publishers)

‘The open Access initiatives will undermineexisting journals without replacing them’

‘…the peer review process should not be

underestimated

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Creatieve Science

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João Mageuijo

‘Peer review doesn’t mean anything. The system has been disintegrating for years

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Oktober 13th 2003

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Individualism

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Who needs the Ferryman ?

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The scientific Journalwants to publish

the Authorwants exposure

The ‘User’wants quality

and retrievability

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HiërarchyPower

Structure

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Network

Push Pull

HiërarchyPower

StructureVision

Unstructured

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End User

Interface

InterfaceInterface

InterfaceInterface

Application ApplicationApplicationApplication

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Begin User

Engine

Interface

EngineEngineEngine

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Finding the right answer

at the right momentat the right place

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Greetings from Sweden

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Temporal Typography

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Header

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I don’t know who discovered water

but it could not have been a fish

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(sharing)

The E-user comes from a different culture

He or she wants information without:

pre-knowledgethresholds

visible costs

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Fuzziness

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Search:

Pancake

Panncake(green book)

1997

CrêpePizza

Pencake

Pancake

Found:16Found: 34Found: 39Found: 51

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2DTree structure

Hierarchie

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Unstructured, Multi Dimensional model

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Digital Object

Identifiers

Cross References

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0.690.52

0.49

Discovery Informatics(Collaborative filtering)

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Can I drive my bicycle from A to B ?

There is a road over a mountain: 1780 m

Why don’t you take a taxi ?

BA

1780mBike

Spoke

Means of transport

cycle

sadle

taxi

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Personal AB

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Zuid Afrika

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The AquaBrowser

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What will the future bring for publishers ?

For information services ?

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Steering wheelGear shift

Brake

Allways in thesame position !

Sharing

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The (Begin) Userpays the Ferryman

Who pays the Ferryman ?