The Duality of Quick and Archival Communication

Bever, Arley T.

doi:10.1021/c160032a002

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“…Albritton’s NIH proposal was far more ambitious. It involved systematically circulating copies of all submitted preprints to a group of subscribers, rather than issuing them on request from an institution [ 20 ]. The scale of this experiment was immense, given the technology of the time: by the end of 1965, 3,663 researchers, from 46 different countries, were involved, and 2,561 different memos had been physically mailed out, involving millions of pages of paper [ 8 ].…”

Section: Launching the Iegsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unbowed, Albritton’s colleagues at the NIH continued to emphasize the value of preprints [ 20 ]. In an understandably embittered article reviewing the rise and fall of the IEGs, David Green, the chair of IEG1 and cocreator of the scheme, decried the ‘strangulation’ of what he considered to be ‘one of the most revolutionary innovations in the history of science communication’ [ 9 ].…”

Section: After the Iegsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The prehistory of biology preprints: A forgotten experiment from the 1960s

Cobb

2017

PLoS Biol

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In 1961, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) began to circulate biological preprints in a forgotten experiment called the Information Exchange Groups (IEGs). This system eventually attracted over 3,600 participants and saw the production of over 2,500 different documents, but by 1967, it was effectively shut down following the refusal of journals to accept articles that had been circulated as preprints. This article charts the rise and fall of the IEGs and explores the parallels with the 1990s and the biomedical preprint movement of today.

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Section: Launching the Iegsmentioning

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Section: After the Iegsmentioning

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The prehistory of biology preprints: A forgotten experiment from the 1960s

Cobb

2017

PLoS Biol

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“…It involved systematically circulating copies of all submitted preprints to subscribers, rather than issuing them on request from an institution [17]. The scale of this experiment was immense, given the technology of the time: by the end of 1965, 3,663 researchers, from 46 different countries, were involved and 2,561 different memos had been physically mailed out, involving millions of pages of paper [7].…”

Section: Launching the Iegsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The prehistory of biology preprints: a forgotten experiment from the 1960s

Cobb

2017

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In 1961, the NIH began to circulate biological preprints in a forgotten experiment called the Information Exchange Groups (IEGs). This system eventually attracted over 3600 participants and saw the production of over 2,500 different documents, but by 1967 it was effectively shut down by journal publishers' refusal to accept articles that had been circulated as preprints. This article charts the rise and fall of the IEGs and explores the parallels with the 1990s and the biomedical preprint movement of today.

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“…Albritton's colleagues at NIH were unrepentant and continued to emphasize the value of preprints [17]. In an understandably embittered article reviewing the rise and fall of the IEGs, David Green, the chair of IEG1, described the 'strangulation' of what he considered to be 'one of the most revolutionary innovations in the history of science communication.'…”

Section: After the Iegsmentioning

confidence: 99%