[GOAL] Re: Open Access Priorities: Peer Access and Public Access

[Andrew A. Adams]

Dana Roth wrote:
> Would not the widespread provision of 'open access to the published
> version' at public libraries ... as is currently allowed by the
> American Physical Society ... solve the problem of 'public access'?
 

Only librarians go to the library every day or find it a convenient
place to find information these days. For the public it's even less
convenient to visit a library in person than for academics, most of the
time. Most academics at least tend to work physically (some of the time)
at locations with a library. Public libraries are closing down in many
places and even where they do exist, the idea that one should have to
visit a specific physical location in order to access electronic
information is a ridiculous anti-feature.






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Professor Andrew A Adams                      aaa at meiji.ac.jp
Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration,  and
Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan       http://www.a-cubed.info/