The economics of access to literature and information
(2005) The economics of access to literature and information. In Ovens, Cora, Eds. Proceedings Bibli, Centre for the Book, Cape Town.
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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
| Keywords: | Information access Literature access Access Cost Economics Copyright Creative Commons Open Source Scholarly |
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| Subjects: | E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft. B. Information use and sociology of information. > BE. Information economics. B. Information use and sociology of information. |
| ID Code: | 6449 |
| Deposited By: | Baker, Kim |
| Deposited On: | 12 June 2006 |
| All fields: | Show all fields |
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