As journals migrated from print to the Web, the nature of supplemental materials began to change. In the print world, supplemental materials were usually text or graphics which were too expensive to be formated and printed, and so were distributed on microfiche. Datasets were also included as printouts of tables of numbers. The digital world brought the promise of overcoming the limitations of print to more easily publish and distribute supplemental materials in a more usable form. The result has been a wide degree of variation among publishers, varying expectations among authors, editors, reviewers and readers, and an increasing volume of supplemental materials which places an increasing burden on all parts of the publication process. NISO and NFAIS convened a working group to examine the current status of supplemental journal article materials and to recommend best practices for publishing these materials. A summary of the recommendations will be presented.

Supplementary journal article materials: Summary of the NISO/NFAIS recommendations

245th National Meeting (2013)

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