The economics of access to literature and information

Baker, Kim The economics of access to literature and information., 2005 . In Bibli, Centre for the Book, Cape Town, Bibliophilia 8 Africana Conference: From Papyrus to print-out - the book in Africa: yesterday, today and tomorrow. [Conference paper]

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English abstract

This paper will focus on the importance of cost and economics as a factor in access to information and literature. Both the broader macroeconomic context and the more focused microeconomic (South African) environment will be referred to. The following aspects will be explored: - An examination of the assumption that the economic development of a nation is linked to the ability to access information; - The cost of books in South Africa - The advent of the electronic revolution and the many paradigm shifts that the Internet and electronic media have initiated and the effects on the publishing industry - An examination of the “information as commodity” paradigm (linked to Copyright and Intellectual Property developments) - Identification of innovative solutions to the access crisis, driven by those that adhere to the “Information for the social good” paradigm - The effect that these solutions could have in the publishing industry in South Africa

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Information access Literature access Access Cost Economics Copyright Creative Commons Open Source Scholarly
Subjects: E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft, open access.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BE. Information economics.
B. Information use and sociology of information
Depositing user: Kim Baker
Date deposited: 12 Jun 2006
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:03
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/7670

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