Paperless Journals: The Future of the Global Spine Journal.

Abstract

As technology is expanding and changing, people are moving away from newspapers, books, and paper journals. People are instead opting to use tablets and/or smartphones as their platform for reading books, newspapers, and journals. Global Spine Journal is one of the few journals left that still prints and distributes paper copies of every issue. GSJ is happy to distribute paper copies to those who still enjoy reading a physical journal. We recently surveyed all AOSpine members to ask them if they prefer to read paper journals because we greatly value the opinions of our readership. In the future, for those of you who still prefer to read GSJ on paper, you can opt-in to receive it. GSJ also understands that paperless journals are the future of journals, and we want to keep up with the changing times. We will continue to publish a paper copy of the journal for now, but may consider a paperless situation in the future. We do want to ensure that we offer the best paperless options for our readers to ensure a seamless reading process. We will ensure that our online journal is optimized for all smart devices including phones and tablets. We also are exploring the opportunity to develop a full purpose GSJ app where you can download and read full issues offline. Another important thing that GSJ puts into consideration is the impact that paper journals have on the environment. Printing and distributing paper journals each year takes its toll on the environment and GSJ would like to play its part in reducing our carbon footprint. Again GSJ prides itself on valuing the needs of all of its readers. For those of you who still prefer to read a paper copy of the journal, we are more than happy to provide this to you at this time. For those of you who enjoy reading the journal online, our online journal is optimized for viewing on smart devices. We will of course keep all of our readers updated on any changes we make to the journal.