bjoern.brembs.blog » Libraries are better than corporate publishers because…

"In the wake of the Elsevier boycott, some are asking if we should change our publication system and if so, how. In search for an answer to this question, I’ve been thinking about the best place to keep the works of academics safe and publicly accessible in a sustainable, long-term solution. Now what was historically the place where the work of scholars could traditionally be found? The libraries of course! However, given how entrenched some researchers are in the current way of disseminating research and given the opposition an international US$10 billion industry can muster, this solution to parasitic publishing practices is not obvious for everyone. So here I’m collecting the most obvious advantages of a library-based scholarly communication system for semantically linked literature and data ..."