Dana Roth wrote: > Would not the widespread provision of 'open access to the published > version' at public libraries ... as is currently allowed by the > American Physical Society ... solve the problem of 'public access'?
Only librarians go to the library every day or find it a convenient place to find information these days. For the public it's even less convenient to visit a library in person than for academics, most of the time. Most academics at least tend to work physically (some of the time) at locations with a library. Public libraries are closing down in many places and even where they do exist, the idea that one should have to visit a specific physical location in order to access electronic information is a ridiculous anti-feature. -- Professor Andrew A Adams aaa at meiji.ac.jp Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan http://www.a-cubed.info/