Digital distribution of academic journals and its impact on scholarly communication: Looking back
after 20 years :
« It has been approximately 20 years since distributing scholarly journals digitally became feasible. This article discusses the broad implications of the transition to digital distributed scholarship from a historical perspective and focuses on the development of open access (OA) and the various models for funding OA in the context of the roles scholarly journals play in scientific communities. »
URL : http://www.openaccesspublishing.org/apc4/final.pdf
