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Scholarly communication in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan /

This is one of the very few books that systematically explores the characteristics of scholarly communication outside the West. Over the last decade the advances in information technology have remodelled the foundation of scholarly communication. This book examines how countries/regions in East Asia...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Xia, Jingfeng
Published: Chandos,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Publishing series
Subjects:
Communication in learning and scholarship > East Asia
Scholarly publishing > East Asia
Communication savante > Asie
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Communication in learning and scholarship
Scholarly publishing
Kommunikationsstruktur
Organisation
Wissenschaft
East Asia
Ostasien
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781843343226
Summary: This is one of the very few books that systematically explores the characteristics of scholarly communication outside the West. Over the last decade the advances in information technology have remodelled the foundation of scholarly communication. This book examines how countries/regions in East Asia (China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) have reacted to the innovations in the conduct of research and in the exchange of ideas. It outlines the traditional systems of scholarly exchange in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and then concentrates on the efforts of these countries/regions to provide revolut
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxvii, 171 pages).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index.
ISBN: 1843343223
9781843343226
9781780632131
1780632134
Index Number: AZ789
CLC: G323.05
Contents: Preface / Julia Gelfand -- Scholarly communication in China / Jingfeng Xia. Classical legacy (prior to the late nineteenth century) ; Modern enlightenment (the late nineteenth century to 1949) ; Planned economy (1949-1977) ; Reforms and opening up (1977-2001) ; Internationalization (2001 upwards) -- Scholarly communication in Hong Kong and Macao / Steven K. Luk. Educational system in Hong Kong ; The scholarly tradition : East and West ; Academic institutions and their publishers in Hong Kong ; Scholarly publications in Macao ; Publications by research institutes and public archives in Hong K

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