The Open Access Policy Imperative

Johnson, Richard K. (2005) The Open Access Policy Imperative. Delivered at SARC III, Williamsburg (US). Presentation.

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Abstract

Despite growing pressures for change in scholarly communication driven by the Internet and other factors, vested interests are slowing the transformation. Nevertheless, scientific, financial, and public policy imperatives for change will eventually win out.

Keywords:	open access, scientific publishing, scholarly communication, Alliance for Taxpayer Access, SPARC
Subjects:	E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft. B. Information use and sociology of information. > BF. Information policy B. Information use and sociology of information. > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion.
ID Code:	5058
Deposited By:	Johnson, Richard K
Deposited On:	31 October 2006
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