Saturday, June 26, 2010

The Open Access Debate

Or: on Sharing
Here is a link to the presentation on this fascinating debate: "Science and scholarship writ large."  Knowledge that others can build on.  A hell of a lot like libraries.  Free trade of knowledge, ideas, and work.  We all win.  Everybody walks away with 2 ideas vs each just having one to begin with.
One year's Brain Research costs the same as a Lexus or $21,744.
Enough typing.  Check out the notes in the link above.
OK, a bit more typing.  This is actually streaming live here; it may be gone after a bit.  But at the time, it was a mind-boggling real time experience.
Public Access is where the writer owns the copyright.  Open access is different.
Speaking of which, time to go hunt for something more public-library related!

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