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Athena Unbound eBook

Why And How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free For All

de Peter Baldwin
idioma: inglês
Editor: THE MIT PRESS, março de 2023 ‧
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A clear-eyed examination of the open access movement: past history, current conflicts, and future possibilities.

Open access (OA) could one day put the sum of human knowledge at our fingertips. But the goal of allowing everyone to read everything faces fierce resistance. In Athena Unbound, Peter Baldwin offers an up-to-date look at the ideals and history behind OA, and unpacks the controversies that arise when the dream of limitless information slams into entrenched interests in favor of the status quo. In addition to providing a clear analysis of the debates, Baldwin focuses on thorny issues such as copyright and ways to pay for "free" knowledge. He also provides a roadmap that would make OA economically viable and, as a result, advance one of humanity''s age-old ambitions.

Baldwin addresses the arguments in terms of disseminating scientific research, the history of intellectual property and copyright, and the development of the university and research establishment. As he notes, the hard sciences have already created a funding model that increasingly provides open access, but at the cost of crowding out the humanities. Baldwin proposes a new system that would shift costs from consumers to producers and free scholarly knowledge from the paywalls and institutional barriers that keep it from much of the world.

Rich in detail and free of jargon, Athena Unbound is an essential primer on the state of the global open access movement.

Athena Unbound

Why And How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free For All

de Peter Baldwin

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9780262373968
Editor: THE MIT PRESS
Data de Lançamento: março de 2023
Idioma: Inglês
Tipo de produto: eBook
Formato e Compatibilidade: PDF para ADE
Coleção: The Mit Press
Classificação Temática: eBooks em Inglês > Literatura > Linguística e Filologia
EAN: 9780262373968

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