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Coping with the financial crisis, without OA The Research Information Network (RIN) has released a two-page analysis of the effect of the economic meltdown on research access, Scholarly books and journals at risk, March 2009. From the statement:
Comment. The topic is important and the analysis timid. The statement doesn't mention OA once, in any context, let alone as a possible solution, or partial solution, to the loss of access to priced research. For an analysis of the same problem willing to speak the unspeakable, see the ARL Statement to Scholarly Publishers on the Global Economic Crisis from last month:
For my own analysis, that the economic crisis strengthens the case for OA, much as the climate crisis strengthens the case for wind, solar, and geothermal energy, see my open letter to Obama and McCain from last November and my predictions for 2009 from last December. |