March 3, 1995
The Crisis in Scholarly Communication
Debates at academic meetings and in articles in the news media demonstrate that the "culture wars" are still under way in academe. But while those battles over the alleged politicization of scholarship continue to capture widespread attention, academics are overlooking a much more serious threat to the vitality of scholarship, one that signals a crisis for the whole system of scholarly communication.
The threat can be made plain by asking scholars, "Who buys the books you write?" The
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