| Abstrakt: |
The american philosophical society, founded in 1743, published the first issue of its transactions in 1771. Activity in scientific and technical publishing, however, remained limited for the remainder of the century. The u.s. Involvement in world war i stimulated the specialization of scientific research and development. Opportunities for scientific and technical publishing were greatly expanded, and scientific societies grew rapidly. The new era in publishing, begun in the early 1900s with the teletypewriter and teleprinter, was followed by the punched-paper tape, and later by the computer and computer-aided photocomposition for typesetting. The computer's greatest impact on publishing is the building and use of the data bases. Increased publishing costs have resulted in the evolution of alerting service, photocopying machines and services, the 'copyright problem,' and micropublishing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
