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Publishers provide cock-waving value. That is, most academics are concerned with advancing their careers (or lack of), and well-established journals are still a
by sparkie 13y ago
Publishers provide cock-waving value. That is, most academics are concerned with advancing their careers (or lack of), and well-established journals are still a big thing for the people running the institutions.
The physical medium is long gone, but for format is still the same - essentially non-interactive PDFs which emulate the paper.
- Fomite 13y ago> The physical medium is long gone, but for format is still the same - essentially non-interactive PDFs which emulate the paper. A surprising number of academics, including young academics (and myself) print out PDFs of papers. Most papers I actually use in my research end up with highlighter marks, different sections circled, annotations and notes to myself in the margins, etc.
- sparkie 13y agoPaper will probably still be used for as long as it is more convenient - as long as the software and hardware isn't as readily available to do what you need with the same ease. I've gotten used to using Okular with a graphics tablet for highlighting and annotations, but the biggest benefit of electronic copies is organization.