If you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term 'open access' in the past couple of years. You may also have heard either that it is the utopian answer to all the problems of research dissemination or perhaps that it marks the beginning of an apocalypt…
If you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term 'open access' in the past couple of years. You may also have heard either that it is the utopian answer to all the problems of research dissemination or perhaps that it marks the beginning of an apocalypt…
'Open Access and the Humanities' is essential reading for all who work in the humanities. It gives a clear summary of the histories of open, online access to research; the specific challenges and benefits to the humanities; and the controversies that have raged about scholarly c…
If you work in a university, you are almost certain to have heard the term 'open access' in the past couple of years. You may also have heard either that it is the utopian answer to all the problems of research dissemination or perhaps that it marks the beginning of an apocalypt…
Publication offers a counterpoint to the dominant view that file sharing is piracy, analyzing it rather as the modern form of long recognized rights to share in culture. It starts from a radically different viewpoint, namely that the non-market sharing of digital works is both l…
"In the past fifteen years, file sharing of digital cultural works between individuals has been at the center of a number of debates on the future of culture itself. To some, sharing constitutes piracy, to be fought against and eradicated. Others see it as unavoidable, and table…
Modern information and communication technologies, together with a cultural upheaval within the research community, have profoundly changed research in nearly every aspect. Ranging from sharing and discussing ideas in social networks for scientists to new collaborative environme…
The Internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide audience at virtually no cost. We take advantage of this revolutionary opportunity when we make our work "open access": digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. …
What is open access? -- Motivation -- Varieties -- Policies -- Scope -- Copyright -- Economics -- Casualties -- Future -- Self-help.
This book deals with the possibilities that the internet offers to publish under "open access": digital, online, free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.