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, 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 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.

Editorial direction of JEP is the responsibility of the editor, Shana Kimball. Shana has worked in library-based scholarly publishing since 2005, and was the journal's managing editor since 2006. She develops and promotes scholarly publishing services in the MPublishing division of the University of Michigan Library, which is the publisher of JEP. MPublishing is committed to the concept of library-based scholarly publishing, and believes that this is a necessary next step for academic libraries. To do that, MPublishing has been unstinting in its effort to provide low-cost, scalable mechanisms for publication and distribution of journals and scholarly databases.

Sponsors

The Journal of Electronic Publishing benefits greatly from the support of industry leaders in the field of electronic scholarly publishing. To learn more about sponsoring JEP, please contact us at jep-info@umich.edu.