...it doesn't exist. My current blog is next in the series on disruption in academic libraries. Part of it is based on the "Reaching for the Reachable" debate in this forum. My point is not directly about open access, though I believe it can have a major positive impact on open access.
The Isentropic Disruption The free dissemination of research is intrinsically good. For this reason alone, we must support open-access initiatives in general and Green Open Access<http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/910-For-the-Perplexed-GOAL-Reader-Reaching-for-the-Reachable.html> in particular. One open repository does not change the dysfunctional scholarly-information market, but every new repository immediately expands open access and contributes to a worldwide network that may eventually create the change we are after. Some hope that Green Open Access together with other incremental steps will lead to a“careful, thoughtful transition of revenue from toll to open access”<http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/2012-July/000764.html> . Others think that eminent leaders can get together and engineer a transition to a pre-defined new state.<http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/2012-July/000794.html> It is understandable to favor a gradual, careful, thoughtful, and smooth transition to a well-defined new equilibrium along an expertly planned path. In... http://scitechsociety.blogspot.com/2012/07/isentropic-disruption.html --Eric. http://scitechsociety.blogspot.com Google Voice: (626) 898-5415 Telephone: (626) 376-5415 Skype: efvandevelde -- Twitter: @evdvelde E-mail: eric.f.vandeve...@gmail.com
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