PASA - an Electronic-only Model for a Professional Society-owned Astronomy Journal
Abstract
The Internet could facilitate a more distributed network of research publications,but the expense involved in producing both electronic and paper copy of journals has led some small journals to close. PASA (Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia) is a fully refereed, ISI-listed journal for original research in astronomy, focusing on areas relevant to current research in Australia. The journal is owned by the Astronomical Society of Australia and published by a not-for-profit publisher, CSIRO PUBLISHING. In 2002 PASA moved to principally electronic publication. All the steps involved in producing a quality journal have been preserved. PASA is also producing a quarterly broadsheet, the PASA Update Bulletin, to promote the contents of PASA. Using the PASA Update Bulletins, a large number of readers can be reached and made aware of the content that PASA is publishing, and they can access the papers either directly or via the electronic bibliographic services such as the NASA Astrophysics Data System. Best-practice is being followed regarding access to and archiving of the electronic material.
- Publication:
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Library and Information Services in Astronomy IV (LISA IV)
- Pub Date:
- 2003
- Bibcode:
- 2003lisa.conf..103S