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Summary
1 Introduction
2 Background
Scientific, technical and medical publishing: an overview
Why publish?
The publishing process
Peculiarities of the market
A mixed market
New developments
Digitisation
The role of the Government
The international context
3 Accessibility of research
Researchers and practitioners
Teachers and students
The public
The developing world
4 The cost of journal provision
Bundling
The impact of bundling on libraries
Value for money?
Triple payment?
Cost of publication
VAT
Competition issues
5 Intelligent procurement
Purchasing power
Libraries
The role of the academic
6 Self-archiving: Institutional repositories
The current situation
Next steps
Copyright
Costs
The UK in the international context
Implications
Peer review and institutional repositories
Networking and standards
The impact of repositories on the main players
Publishers
7 Should the author pay?
Sustainability and costs: the evidence so far
Benefits of the author-pays model
Extending access?
Practicalities
Ability to pay
Peer review in an author-pays system
Free-riders
Impact on learned and professional societies
Government action
Conclusions on the author-pays publishing model
8 Archives
Legal deposit
9 Integrity of the publishing process
The Research Assessment Exercise
10 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TO FOLLOW List of Written Evidence Reports from the Science and Technology Committee since 2001 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 399-II) Monday 1 March 2004 Monday 8 March 2004 Wednesday 21 April 2004 Wednesday 5 May 2004 WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 399-II)
List of Written Evidence
Reports from the Science and Technology Committee since 2001 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 399-II) Monday 1 March 2004 Monday 8 March 2004 Wednesday 21 April 2004 Wednesday 5 May 2004 WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 399-II)