Northwestern University to move TriQuarterly journal online
September 22, 2009 | 8:49 am
By Paul Biba
This follows the trend of a number of universities we’ve reported on. What’s nice, though, is that the University also announced that it remained committed to publishing and its own press.
… But while the review solidified Northwestern’s commitment to a sustained role in scholarly publishing, it also reinforced that changes are coming to its press, as to the publishing industry overall. Beginning next year, the university announced, the press will make its primary journal, TriQuarterly, available only electronically. “This move will align publishing efforts more closely with the university’s academic enterprise while at the same time expanding electronic dissemination and public access to the wonderful literature and essays that are published in TriQuarterly,” said Sarah Pritchard, the Charles Deering McCormick University Librarian. “Scholarly publishing is increasingly moving to open access, allowing greater distribution of academic work. This reflects that trend and allows the journal editors to take advantage of the multimedia capabilities offered through online publishing.”
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