Numerous points I could pick on, but I'll limit myself to this point, which comes up a few times: "In fact, the press would give away all scholarship if it could find a financial backer to allow this. However, the reality is that costs need to be recovered." One wonders, is the university library under the same constraint? Does it have to earn back the millions it spends on subscriptions? Obviously not - so why not spent the acquisitions budget on publishing instead? Stop paying to buy publications, and start paying to produce them.
(PS: I commented on Bacher's article in a blog posting on Tuesday.)
Posted by
Peter Suber at 1/05/2006 09:42:00 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.
