Re: Economics of dead tree (was: Re: A Radical Thesis)

From: ODI LIBRARY <library[_at_]odi.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 10:24:56 0

Buford C. Terrell wrote
>
> Proper use of SGML can handle all of these problems. Paper publishing
> has largely moved there, and electronic publishing will have to as
> well. What you are really suggesting is that as more people depend on
> us and our products, we are going to have to act more professionally.

Depends what you mean by publishing - all web documents are "published". (Most will not use SGML as it is too time costly. Surely it depends on the purpose of the author / publisher? As many web pages change over time a date stamp is required for citation, indicating that electronic publishing is often very different to dead tree publishing - it is a live (unfinished) document. Do we need to archive old information? If so, transfer into another format - download to harddisc etc. are the obvious options.

          Mark Perkins, RRMG Librarian
          ODI Library, Regents College

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