Abstract
Information and communication technologies have transformed the nature of scientific communication. This paper is a contribution to the assessment of the impact of technological change on scientific communication. It examines changed patterns of access to the basic scientific journal literature by Third World scientists, based on a study of the scientific and technological. information system of Sri Lanka, a small Third World country, and the technologies of print, microform, online, and CD‐ROM. It is shown that conventional print journals are rapidly being priced out of the reach of Third World users. The technological options are evaluated in relation to the institutional context of a small Third World country and responses to the rapidly changing technological and economic environment are proposed.
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