The stakeholders involved (Sun Microsystems, the International DOI Foundation, R.R. Bowker, and elite U.S. universities) reflect a closed circle of influential Western institutions....Read more
This article characterizes the fear that the dominant commercial publishers felt when the World Wide Web was first launched. The authors portrays the late-1990s digital publishing landscape as...Read more
The article fundamentally equates knowledge with owned content, arguing that protecting and managing this ownership is critical for sustaining the publishing industry. Knowledge...Read more
This 1998 email announcement details a panel session on Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) organized by Lloyd Davidson for the American Library Association (ALA) annual meeting. Titled “Digital Object Identifiers: Impacts, Costs and Concerns,” the session brought together early...Read more
The article assumes that scholarly knowledge is a commodity that requires protection and monetization. It discusses the financial risks of digital piracy and the necessity for...Read more
This 1998 article “Digital Object Identifiers: Promise and Problems for Scholarly Publishing,” offers a detailed account of the early development and institutionalization of the DOI system. Drawing from events in the mid-1990s, the authors provide historical insights into the...Read more