About JEP

The Journal of Electronic Publishing (JEP) is a forum for research and discussion about contemporary publishing practices, and the impact of those practices upon users. Our contributors and readers are publishers, scholars, librarians, journalists, students, technologists, attorneys, retailers, and others with an interest in the methods and means of contemporary publishing. At its inception in January 1995, JEP carved out an important niche by recognizing that print communication was in the throes of significant change, and that digital communication would become an important--and in some cases predominant--means for transmitting published information.

JEP aspires to document the changes in publishing, and in some cases to stimulate and shape the direction of those changes. The articles present innovative ideas, best practices, and leading-edge thinking about all aspects of publishing, authorship, and readership. The editor and publisher are committed to presenting wide-ranging and diverse viewpoints on contemporary publishing practices, and to encouraging dialogue and understanding between key decision-makers in publishing and those who are affected by the decisions being made.

The content of each issue, and the overall tone of the Journal is the responsibility of the editor, Judith Axler Turner. Ms. Turner has worked as a reporter for the New York Times, Washington Post, and the National Journal. She pioneered the many electronic publishing innovations made by the Chronicle of Higher Education in the late twentieth century as their Director of Electronic Publishing. She is now an information technology management consultant at Turner Consulting Group, which principally serves the federal government.

JEP is published by the Scholarly Publishing Office (SPO), a unit of the University of Michigan University Library. SPO is committed to the concept of library-based scholarly publishing. Indeed, the SPO believes that this is a necessary next step for academic libraries, as the university takes control not only of the creation of information, but its dissemination. To do that, the SPO has been unstinting in its effort to provide low-cost, scalable mechanisms for electronic publication and distribution of journals and scholarly databases.

SPO's publishing efforts for JEP are supported in part by the University of Michigan University Library, and in part by sponsorship of industry leaders in scholarly communication and electronic publishing whose names are at the bottom of each JEP page. SPO recognizes and respects the strengths of traditional publishing firms, and encourages an open and ongoing exchange of information and ideas such that we fulfill our common vision of advancing knowledge and scholarship. We appreciate the spirit of partnership represented by publisher commitments to sponsor JEP. To find out about adding your company's support to the existing group of JEP sponsors, please contact us at jep-info@umich.edu.

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