The Experimental Publication System: An aid to information system planning

Examines the rationale, implementation, and evaluation of Experimental Publication System (EPS) characteristics. During its 1st yr. of operation, EPS distributed bimonthly separates, accompanied by evaluative questionnaires on specific aspects of the system. Questionnaire data show that respondents...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The American psychologist 1970-10, Vol.25 (10), p.925-936
Main Author: Kinkade, R. G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Evaluation
Human
Information
Psychology
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Examines the rationale, implementation, and evaluation of Experimental Publication System (EPS) characteristics. During its 1st yr. of operation, EPS distributed bimonthly separates, accompanied by evaluative questionnaires on specific aspects of the system. Questionnaire data show that respondents ranked EPS characteristics as follows: prompt dissemination, most desirable; focused distribution, 2nd; diversity of content and catalog of abstracts, 3rd; and articles printed separately and low acceptance criteria, least desirable. Subscriber, manuscript, author, and reprint ordering characteristics of the system are analyzed for the 1st yr. Innovations which have been added include active solicitation of different types of manuscripts, improvements to the catalog of abstracts, and modification and expansion of subject matter categories.
ISSN:0003-066X
1935-990X
DOI:10.1037/h0029928