Alan Crawford and Mona McAlinden, Libraries warn of digital dark ages as key websites lost, London Sunday Herald, July 13, 2003. Excerpt: "The 21st century will be seen as a cultural dark age unless urgent action is taken to preserve Britain's electronically published heritage for future generations, Britain's national libraries have warned." (Thanks to LIS News.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/16/2003 04:43:00 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.
