Abstract
Over the last few years electronic versions of scholarly journals have become the pre- dominant access route to scientific articles for scientists in the academic and corporate environments.While the format of the basic content, the ‘paper’, still remains the same, the access and functionality of the electronic version can be highly variable.This is a continuous problem for users and librarians and more standardization is necessary in this field. A working group under the Pharma Documentation Ring (P-D-R) formed by information managers from pharmaceutical companies has produced a list of quality standards for electronic scientific, technical and medical (STM) journals that may meet the needs of all e-content customers.
Highlights
The contents of scholarly journals, foremost the STM serials, have been and are still the primary and most important source for scientists both in the corporate world and in academia
The requirements described here are aimed at defining the necessary features, functionalities and uniform standards that will enable end-users to navigate all e-journal content
These standards have been defined by a working group of information managers in the pharmaceutical industry, the P-D-R (Pharma Documentation Ring), they are believed to meet the requirements of all e-content customers in the corporate and academic environment
Summary
The contents of scholarly journals, foremost the STM serials, have been and are still the primary and most important source for scientists both in the corporate world and in academia. The requirements described here are aimed at defining the necessary features, functionalities and uniform standards that will enable end-users to navigate all e-journal content. These standards have been defined by a working group of information managers in the pharmaceutical industry, the P-D-R (Pharma Documentation Ring), they are believed to meet the requirements of all e-content customers in the corporate and academic environment.
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