David Seaman, Digital Opportunity Investment Trust: A Digital Promise?CLIR Issues, November/December 2003. A good overview of the ambitious Digital Promise Project. Excerpt: "The digital divide is an enduring problem, locally and globally, and simple connectivity and access to the Internet are still major social and educational needs. Once access is achieved, however, the paucity of publicly accessible content becomes evident, as does the lack of friendly and sophisticated tools that can help us interact with digital images, maps, movies, simulations, and books. DO IT offers a compelling strategy for a national investment that addresses this lack."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/13/2003 06:20:00 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.
