Are A & I Services in a Death Spiral?
The author discusses whether traditional fee-based abstracting and indexing (A&I) services in the fields of physical sciences and engineering is nearing its demise. She notes that fee-based A&I services are facing challenges amid the closure of corporate libraries and cuts in the budget of...
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University of Alberta Library
2010-05-01
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The author discusses whether traditional fee-based abstracting and indexing (A&I) services in the fields of physical sciences and engineering is nearing its demise. She notes that fee-based A&I services are facing challenges amid the closure of corporate libraries and cuts in the budget of academic libraries. Factors affecting the future of the A&I services industry are change in perception towards the service and the switch to digital full text. In the author's opinion, the industry will follow the example of newspapers into a downward spiral.
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| spelling | doaj-art-15cf562f6460484e862cfbf4f50fed312025-08-20T03:13:55ZengUniversity of Alberta LibraryIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship1092-12062010-05-016110.29173/istl2534Are A & I Services in a Death Spiral?Valerie Tucci The author discusses whether traditional fee-based abstracting and indexing (A&I) services in the fields of physical sciences and engineering is nearing its demise. She notes that fee-based A&I services are facing challenges amid the closure of corporate libraries and cuts in the budget of academic libraries. Factors affecting the future of the A&I services industry are change in perception towards the service and the switch to digital full text. In the author's opinion, the industry will follow the example of newspapers into a downward spiral. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/2534 |
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