The Chronicle of Higher Education is hosting an online colloquy on the question whether academic libraries should be "redesigned to place less emphasis on books". (Accessible only to subscribers.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/06/2002 09:19:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.