The student paper at the University of Pennsylvania reports that in the battle between Google and the distinguished campus library, Google might be winning. (Thanks to LIS News.) (PS: Another one of these stories. Another occasion for my usual two-sided point. On the one hand, don't let students think that "if it's not online, it isn't worth reading." On the other, don't expect students to overlook the spectacular convenience of free online access to information. The solution is put more serious research literature into this basket, not to blame students for looking first in the basket closest to them.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 2/24/2003 01:15:00 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.
