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184 Hans E. Roosendaal, Peter A. Th. M. Geurts
Following 6, 7, 8 there are four main functions of scientific communication: the
registration, awareness, certification and archive functions (see Figure 1).
certification
registration
awareness
Figure 1: Functions in scientific communication
archiving
Figure 1 shows the overall communication process, as it is part of the research
and education process. It also shows which parts of the communication process
can be externalised out of the research and education process.
Following the familiar classification of the functions into author and reader
functions 9 we see that the functions of registration and certification are author
functions and the functions of archiving and awareness are reader functions.
Functions can be considered internal or external to the research and education
process and functions. By their nature, registration and archiving as external
functions to the research and education process can be easily outsourced to external
stakeholders, viz. the publisher and the library. The internal functions are
an integral part of the research and education process.
For a comprehensive discussion of these functions and the methodological
choices and consequences the reader is referred to references. In this paper it
6 Hans E. Roosendaal and Peter A. Th. M. Geurts, „Forces and Functions in Scientific Communication:
an Analysis of their Interplay“, Proceedings of the Conference on „Co-operative
Research in Information Systems in Physics“, University of Oldenburg, Germany, September
1-3, 1997.
http://www.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/conferences/crisp97/roosendaal.html
http://www.ub.utwente.nl/webdocs/dinkel/1/00000001.pdf
7 Hans E. Roosendaal, Peter A. Th. M. Geurts and Paul E. van der Vet, “Developments in
scientific communication: Considerations on the value chain”. Information Services and
Use, 21 (2001) 13-32
8 Hans E. Roosendaal, Peter A. Th. M. Geurts and Paul E. van der Vet, “Developments in
scientific communication - The virtual marketplace as a prerequisite for growth”, “A Century
of Science Publishing” edited by E.H. Frederiksson, IOS Press, Amsterdam, 2001
9 H.E. Roosendaal, „Scientific Communication and the Science Process“, Proceedings of the
International Summer School on the Digital Library, Tilburg, The Netherlands, August
1996, ed. J.G. Van Luyt-Prinsen and E. Meijer, Ticer B.V. (1996), 1-12.