From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:29:01 +0000 Hi all, Yes that would also be my first recommendation Fred. But these might also be of some interest Andree: Cook, A. (2001). Academic Publications before 1940. In E. H. Fredriksson (Ed.), A Century of Science Publishing: A Collection of Essays (pp. 15-24). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Cockerill, M. (2001). Biological and Medical Publishing via the Internet. In E. H. Fredriksson (Ed.), A Century of Science Publishing: A Collection of Essays (pp. 203-215). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Cooke, H. (2004). A historical review of the chemistry periodical literature until 1950. Learned Publishing, 17(2), 125-134. Eisenstein, E.L. (1979). The printing press as an agent of change: communications and cultural transformations in early modern Europe (Vol. II). Cambridge [Eng.]; New York: Cambridge University Press. Febvre, L.P.V., & Martin, H.J. (1976). The coming of the book: the impact of printing 1450 - 1800. (D. Gerard, Trans.). London: NLB. Fredriksson, E. H. (2001). The Dutch Publishing Scene: Elsevier and North Holland. In E. H. Fredriksson (Ed.), A Century of Science Publishing: A Collection of Essays (pp. 61-76). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Kronick, D. A. (1991). Scientific and Technical Periodicals of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries: A Guide. Metuchen, N J: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Manten, A. A. (1980). Development of European Scientific Journal Publishing before 1850. In A. J. Meadows (Ed.), Development of Science Publishing in Europe. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Miranda, R. N. (2001). Robert Maxwell: Forty-Four Years as Publisher. In E. H. Fredriksson (Ed.), A Century of Science Publishing: A Collection of Essays (pp. 77-89). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Phelps, R. H., & Herlin, J. P. (1960). Alternatives to the Scientific Periodical: A report and bibliography. UNESCO Bulletin for Libraries, XIV(2), 61-75. Piternick, A. B. (1989). Attempts to Find Alternatives to the Scientific Journal: A Brief Review. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 15(5), 260-266. Sarkowski, H. (2001). The Growth and Decline of German Scientific Publishing. In E. H. Fredriksson (Ed.), A Century of Science Publishing: A Collection of Essays (pp. 25-34). Amsterdam: IOS Press. Lots of good reading there! Danny Dr Danny Kingsley Executive Officer Australian Open Access Support Group e: [log in to unmask] w: wwww.aoasg.org.au t: @openaccess_oz