[Air-L] open-access is the future: boycott locked-down academic journals

Christian Nelson xianknelson at mac.com
Fri Feb 8 13:23:22 PST 2008


That's A question, not the only one. As I noted before, if you build  
it, they will not come. Not unless you lure the big names away from  
the current journals, and that isn't going to happen on its own.

On Feb 8, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:

> The question is:  "Can we find sustainable models for the  
> publication and distribution of
> academic content that are also consistent with the ideals of free
> distribution and open access."
>
> I think the answer is not just yes, but a resounding yes.
> ____________________________________________



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