Abstracts 
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| Klaus
Graf: Wissenschaftliches E-Publizieren mit 'Open Access'
- Initiativen und Widerstände, in: zeitenblicke 2 (2003),
Nr. 2. |
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| In the sense of an 'Open
Access' movement this article is an appeal for making scientific publications
accessible in Internet free-of-charge and worldwide without any restrictive
'permission barriers'. It presents projects and initiatives in both
the United States and Germany and advocates a stronger reception of
American approaches here in Germany. According to this article, 'Open
Access' is the answer to the crisis scientific literature is facing,
which is not only reflected in the professional journal prices, but
also means that an anthology is maybe subsidised four times by local
authorities, and the state then has to buy back its own research findings
from commercial publishing houses. There are also thoughts about providing
'Open Access' not only for books and articles. The article closes
by dealing with the resistance and barriers to this idea and deliberating
possible solutions, with an emphasis on the legal framework. |
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| Peter
Helmberger: Historische Rezensionen im Internet. Entwicklung
- Probleme - Chance, in: zeitenblicke 2 (2003), Nr. 2. |
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| In the significantly increased
use of the Internet for historical studies in the last few years reviews
have played a special role. The article pursues the question of where
the fascination of the old genre of the book review lies in the age
of Internet and what developments in reviewing have taken place in
the last few years. The stupendous success of electronic reviews can
be explained by the fact that they can ideally use the advantages
of the net. The main problems are the inadequate financial security
of numerous projects, unsolved technical problems, the issue of permanent
archiving and the danger of an inundation of information for the users.
Finally, taking 'sehepunkte', the online review journal as an example,
methods of resolution are pinpointed. Here online journals are understood
as virtual spaces which make it easier for the user to find his bearings
in Internet. |
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| Alice
Keller: Elektronische Zeitschriften: Entwicklungen
in den verschiedenen Wissenschaftszweigen, in: zeitenblicke
2 (2003), Nr. 2. |
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Electronic magazines have
in the meantime asserted themselves in all fields of activity and,
due to their high-grade user-friendliness, are now widely accepted.
However, an overview of the development of the electronic journal
shows that this new medium has not been able to establish itself in
all areas of expertise so easily or so quickly.
This essay deals first with an analysis of the contents of the most
important pioneer projects in the 1980s and then with the trends of
the 90s. All analyses differentiate between the developments in the
parallel editions of print and digital journals and journals that
are only available online. There is also a retrospective of digitised
magazines which have made an increasing impact in the last eight years.
A discussion of the significance of pure online journals rounds off
the essay. |
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| Vittorio
E. Klostermann: Die Online-Zeitschrift aus der Sicht
eines geisteswissenschaftlichen Verlags. Probleme und ein Lösungsmodell,
in: zeitenblicke 2 (2003), Nr. 2. |
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| This article concentrates
entirely on the practical and economic issues of journals covering
the humanities; media-theories are not discussed. It is seen from
the perspective of a medium-sized publishing house. The first part
of the article describes the current situation and the fundamental
problems of online publications; the second presents an alternative
model for online magazines trying to avoid these problems. |
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| Sven
Kuttner: Zwischen 'Steinzeit' und 'Zukunftswelt'. Elektronische
Informationsressourcen in der geschichtswissenschaftlichen Forschung
und Lehre: Eine Akzeptanzumfrage in der Teilbibliothek des Historicums
der UB München und ihre Ergebnisse, in: zeitenblicke 2
(2003), Nr. 2. |
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| A survey on the acceptance
of electronic information resources carried out at the Historicum
in the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich early-2002 showed that
there is a great interest in electronic literature and information
in the departments of History and Archaeology, even if here the print
medium is still held very dear. It also showed that the Munich University
library's PR work - in the form of more offensive advertising for
the costly e-media sector - should be more to the fore than has been
the case to date. |
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| Volker
Schallehn: Institutionelle Publikationsserver am Beispiel
der UB München, in: zeitenblicke 2 (2003), Nr. 2. |
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| Since November 2002 the
University Library in Munich has been offering a publication server
for all kinds of scientific publications. The report describes the
genesis and concept of the project against the background of the fact
that online publications are more readily received than the traditional
print media. |
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| Matthias
Schnettger: Wohin führt der Weg? Fachzeitschriften
im elektronischen Zeitalter, in: zeitenblicke 2 (2003), Nr.
2. |
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| The article deals with the
question of whether e-journals for the humanities could also be a
way out of what we have come to call the journal crisis. Various issues
are dealt with: 1. The question of cost and the role of the publishing
houses; 2. Copyright and the integrity of the information offered;
3. Quality versus topicality; 4. The problem of archiving; 5. Users
- also in their capacity as authors; 6. Exploitation of new possibilities. |
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| Winfried
Schulze: Zur Geschichte der Fachzeitschriften, in: zeitenblicke
2 (2003), Nr. 2. |
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| The article spans a large
spectrum between the 'classical style' periodicals and the new e-journals.
First our attention is drawn to the beginnings of scientific journals
which in the late 19th century were developing from university-standard
periodicals to differentiated specialist bodies with a very broad
offer of information. Taking the 'Historische Zeitung' as an example,
the individual stations of passage of the print periodicals are traced.
Do print periodicals belong to the past, are e-journals the promise
of the future? The article closes with an ambivalent conclusion: Whereas
the periodical crisis and technical possibilities would on the one
hand seem to render e-journals as the most suitable and trendsetting
medium for specialist information, traditional reception forms and
scepticism towards the 'volatile' form of electronic publishing are
still opposed to a broad use of such periodicals. It will take another
few years before we can see to what extent this scepticism can be
overcome. |
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