Is there any point in "preserving" a 5th century manuscript on CDs, when the manuscript is still readable after 1,500 years and the CDs may not be readable in a decade? Yes and no. Dough Alexander describes the dilemma in the India Tribune. (Thanks to Shelflife.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/23/2002 12:09:00 PM.
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.
