Scholarly Communication as a Loosely Coupled System: Reassessing Prospects for Structural Reform  

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Schwartz, Charles A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: College & Research Libraries vol. 55 no. 2 (Mar. 1994), page 101.
Topik: structural reform; reassessing prospects; loosely coupled system; scholarly communication

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: CC23.3 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Scenarios of restructuring the scholarly communication system have dominated our profession;s view of how major problems of conforting libraries will have to be resolved. This paper comes to a different view. It suggests that any fundamental reform would pre suppose an interdependent system, one with a fair amount of integration or consensus. Scholarly communication, however is in reality a loosely coupled system of largely autonomous constituencies with little communication, coordination, or even direct caise and effect relationships. Loose coupling reflects certain functional needs, such as flexibility, local adaptation, and innovation, afforded by such organized anarchy. This structural property of loose coupling is the essential reason why structural reform is an unrealistic prospect and a poor idea, since it would run the risk of impairing the system's capacity to handle constant environmental change. The paper concludes with some suggestions for alternative approaches to future research and anlysis in this area of inquiry.

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