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Open access and survivable libraries.(disContent)

Publication: EContent
Publication Date: 01-JUN-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Open access, OA for short, sometimes seems like a religion or a crusade. I've been writing about it for years, probably more than a book's worth to date, and I'm still astonished at the fervor of so many parties. That may be partly because OA is at the nexus of several overlapping ideas: The...

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* concept that scientific and medical research should be freely and immediately available to all who might benefit from it.

* The fact that many scientific, technical, and medical (STM) journal publishers have gone beyond pricing at "what the market will bear" to pricing at a level that makes the market (that can bear the prices) smaller and smaller and reduces access within...

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