Fogo Island Goes Digital: Taking a Scholarly Journal On-line, the Case of CJC-Online.ca

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Authors and Corporations: Lorimer, Rowland, Smith, Richard, Wolstenholme, Paul
In: Canadian Journal of Communication, 25, 2000, 3
published:
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Media Type: Article, E-Article

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ISSN: 0705-3657
1499-6642
DOI: 10.22230/cjc.2000v25n3a1165
published in: Canadian Journal of Communication
Language: English
Subjects:
Communication
Collection: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> An open-source software-based, on-line version of the Canadian Journal of Communication has been created by a group of scholars and students. This paper casts this activity as social science R&amp;D with roots in development communications; as a viable alternative to control by aggressive profit-seeking commercial journal publishers; and as a transferable technology to other scholar-controlled journals. It describes the software used, the capacity of the software system developed, the dependence of the nature and speed of development on both technology and take-up by the user community, and the direction of future development. </jats:p>