Open Access: a new horizon for scientific research? - YouTube

Use the link to access the program from the Voice of Russia, London. “The British Government plans to make all taxpayer funded research open access by 2014. The plans would mean that scientific research would become freely available online for universities, companies and members of the public. Proponents say it's the most radical shakeup of academic publishing since the internet was invented.  Critics question how the move will be funded. If it falls to the authors of the research -- how will they or their universities be able to afford it? VOR's Daniel Cinna is joined in the studio by Ross Mounce -- from the Open Knowledge Foundation, Rita Gardner -- Director of the Royal Geographical Society, as well as Bjorn Brembs -- Professor at the Department of Genetics at the University of Lyepzig and Timothy Gowers -- Maths Professor at Cambridge University over the phone”