Screen LibraryAthena unbound : why and how scholarly knowledge should be free for all /
"This expansive history of knowledge and its openness makes a strong and nuanced case for opening scholarly knowledge to the public"--
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The MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | [2023] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This expansive history of knowledge and its openness makes a strong and nuanced case for opening scholarly knowledge to the public"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 405 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780262048002 0262048000 |
| Index Number: | Z286 |
| CLC: | G237.6 |
| Call Number: | G237.6/B182 |
| Contents: | Introduction. Snatching the good from the jaws of the best -- Some knowledge wants to be free -- The variety of authors and their content -- The open-access problem -- Information on wings : the history of open access -- The professoriate and open access -- The digital disseminators -- Alexandria in the cloud : promises and pitfalls of global access -- An intellectual aquifer : the bulletin board goes global -- Finding what we need : searching and filtering -- Too much content? -- Conclusion. Good enough : open access meets the real world. |