Emerging-technology expert calls for open access to academic knowledge

"It is almost "criminally irresponsible" to hoard academic knowledge in the digital age, according to a Canadian specialist in the field. Brian Lamb, manager of emerging technologies and digital content at the University of British Columbia, also said that open educational resources (OERs) could help to reassert the academy's role as a "leader and guardian of free and open enquiry". He made the comments at the Open Educational Resources International Symposium in London, which was sponsored by the Joint Information Systems Committee...."