The Ed Techie: Yeah, but who pays?

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"My colleague, Gill Kirkup, asks this question of digital scholarship, and it is a frequent refrain of Alan Cann's. It's a good question, and one I usually try to have an answer for. I don't think I am guilty of Gill's charge of hoping for the "internet equivalent of the tooth fairy". In fact, one of my complaints about the current academic publishing model is that it's a poor economic one. Now, one can make many arguments about open access that don't address the economics, for example around it being a public good, or a more effective way of working for instance, many of which are compelling in their own right, but in this post let's just focus on the money bit...."

Link:

http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/2011/11/yeah-but-who-pays.html

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Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.business_models oa.comment oa.revenues

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 12:11

Date published:

11/30/2011, 13:55