Open access?

[David Wojick]

Open access is indeed a fascinating issue. Today the consumers of information pay for it. If the producers want to to pay to give it away that is fine. But changes will have to be made, to the tune of billions of dollars a year. The question is, is this a policy issue?

David

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On Apr 10, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Quentin Burrell <quentinburrell at MANX.NET> wrote:

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> Members might be interested in these two related articles in today's Guardian newspaper.
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/09/wellcome-trust-academic-spring
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/09/frustrated-blogpost-boycott-scientific-journals
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> Quentin Burrell
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