Academic Paywalls Harm National Security - Defense One

peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-12-16

Summary:

"If Harvard University cannot afford access, then it is certainly too pricy for defense consultants, businesses (especially small ones), and think tanks. A previous employer of mine, a consultancy that supports senior national security leaders, gave up its academic journal subscriptions in the wake of price hikes. Some military research centers simply make do with minimal access. The high cost of academic articles has even dissuaded defense companies, from time to time, from turning concepts into reality.

But perhaps you doubt that scholarly journals offer extensive benefits to national security. To illustrate these benefits, I will focus on three: informing policy, skill and capability building, and technological insight...."

Link:

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/12/academic-paywalls-harm-national-security/153553/

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Date tagged:

12/16/2018, 10:43

Date published:

12/16/2018, 05:43