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Κομπειλάδας έγραψε:Aaron Swartz, αγωνιστής της ελευθερίας

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Printing is only a small part of the cost of academic publishing. The bulk lies in the labour-intensive business of editing and reviewing submissions (rejecting two-thirds of them) and managing data. These costs are similar for open access publishers such as the Public Library of Science (Plos) in San Francisco, a competitor to Elsevier.
An independent study by the Research Information Network in the UK found that the shift from print to digital may save £1bn globally – worth having but only 12 per cent of total costs. Removing private companies from the equation might allow further savings, but it might equally reduce efficiency.
In any case, there will still be a hefty bill. About 90 per cent of the industry operates on subscription – the model Swartz so hated. The other 10 per cent is now open access, under which researchers (or research funders) have to pay journals between $1,000 and $5,000 an article to cover publishing costs. Anyone can then read it free.
Open access is appealing and is supported both by research funds, such as the US National Institutes of Health and the UK Wellcome Trust, and by the UK government. The trust believes it makes no sense to invest £700m each year on research without paying an extra £10m to make it widely available.
Research is largely read by other academics at the moment, most of whom have access through libraries. But there could be big benefits to broadening reach – Plos One, the science journal, is a trove of fascinating material....

omissman έγραψε:

Open access is appealing and is supported both by research funds, such as the US National Institutes of Health and the UK Wellcome Trust, and by the UK government. The trust believes it makes no sense to invest £700m each year on research without paying an extra £10m to make it widely available.

Yiannis έγραψε:Μήπως να ανεβάσουμε το άρθρο και στην κεντρική σελίδα;

ekfrasi έγραψε:Τα "δωρισμένα" pdf εις μνήμη του:

http://pdftribute.net/

zio_donnie έγραψε:Ίσως να παίρναμε υπόψη και την άποψη του Linus Torvalds