1. Introduction to this issue

   • Sandra K. Paul

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 3

2. Standardization bodies in the publishing world

   • Sandra K. Paul

   BriefCommunication Pages: 4 - 6

3. Identifiers

   • Albert W. Simmonds

   BriefCommunication Pages: 7 - 9

4. The Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

   • Albert W. Simmonds

   OriginalPaper Pages: 10 - 13

5. Edifact and the book trade

   • David Martin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 14 - 17

6. EDItEUR

   • Brian Green

   BriefCommunication Pages: 18 - 20

7. RFID and the book trade

   • Peter Hicks

   BriefCommunication Pages: 21 - 23

8. User authentication and access management

   • Liz Potter
   • Mark Bide

   OriginalPaper Pages: 24 - 29

9. Journal backlogs and the government performance and results act of 1993

   • Albert Henderson

   Editorial Pages: 30 - 32

10. Backlog of mathematics research journals

    OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 36

11. The strangeness of the present dialectic re. Scholarly journals

    • Richard Abel

    Reflections on the Publishing Scene Pages: 37 - 46

12. Book reviews

    • Jon Bekken
    • Nat G. Bodian
    • William Baker

    BookReview Pages: 47 - 66