XXVIII All India IASLIC Conference 2011

Present a paper on 'E-Publishing Made Easy' at 28th IASLIC All India conference at University of Kashmir on 13th Oct. 2011.

E-Publishing Made Easy: Use of Web 2.0 Tools and Services for Scholarly Publishing.

Mohamed Musthafa. K

Dept. of Library and Information Science,

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

musthafa.lis@gmail.com

Abstract

Electronic publishing has gained momentum in the digital communication age. The introduction of Web 2.0 in 2004 and its subsequent development have influenced the mode of e-publishing. This paper discusses the e-publishing, its classification, existing business models, and modes of e-publishing. The concepts of Web 2.0, tools like Blogs, Wikis and Podcasting which are used for scholarly publishing along with its features are elaborated. The concept of publishing 2.0, role of library professionals and the advantages of Web 2.0 based scholarly publishing are also taken for consideration.

Keyword: E-Publishing, Web 2.0, Publishing 2.0, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting.