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On Sep 17, 2011, at 12:22 PM, Sarbajit Roy wrote:
> Thanks for saying this.
>
> As a non-academic without access to JSTOR, its so frustrating when a google
> search throws up relevant academic papers in JSTOR or similar databases, and
> I can't read them.
>
> H.. as an "Ind
Thanks for saying this.
As a non-academic without access to JSTOR, its so frustrating when a google
search throws up relevant academic papers in JSTOR or similar databases, and
I can't read them.
H.. as an "Indian (forrmer) hacker" lets see what can be done to strike
a blow for hactivism.
Sa
Rather than focus on the particular case of JSTOR, let us lift the
discussion up to the military-industrial complex level .. here being the
academic-publishing complex.
Fundamentally we have painted ourselves into the corner; our universities
and research institutions have colluded with the publis
Owen,
There was a lot of interesting back and forth on one of the history of
psychology lists a few weeks ago regarding JSTOR. They have (and they claim
they generously have) recently made all papers pre-1923 open access. This is
clearly a boon to anyone interested in the history of any academic fi
Interesting sum-up of the JSTOR battle, and paid-by-taxpayer academic papers
being sold.
http://www.badscience.net/2011/09/academic-papers-are-hidden-from-the-public-heres-some-direct-action/
The article admits that there are reasons for pay-walls when the site "adds
value" by scanning old papers
