Abstract
The domain of scholarly publishing is undergoing rapid change. Change has been instigated and produced by the Internet and open access systems ' such as disciplinary and institutional repositories and open access journals. However traditional scholarly publishing is strengthening its hold over prestigious journals thus resisting change. How then does the change come about? An attempt at answering this question led us to examine an institutional repository initiative in a University. As we identified and followed the actors (researchers, research papers, reward systems, institutional repository technology, library staff, RQF, etc.) we saw the emergence of new publishing practices and the forces preserving the old ones. By adopting Actor Network Theory (ANT) we came to understand the materiality, relationality and ambiguity of processes of reassembling scholarly publishing. This paper presents preliminary results and thereby informs a wider debate and shaping of open access and scholarly publishing.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 18th ACIS |
| Subtitle of host publication | the 3 Rs: research, relevance and rigour - coming of age |
| Place of Publication | Toowoomba, Qld |
| Publisher | University of Southern Queensland |
| Pages | 10 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780909756963 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Event | Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) - University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia Duration: 05 Dec 2007 → 07 Dec 2007 https://eprints.usq.edu.au/4133/ (Conference proceedings) |
Conference
| Conference | Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Toowoomba |
| Period | 05/12/07 → 07/12/07 |
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