Open Access, Or, Why Have an Institutional Repository?

By in the Spring of 2007

For the past decade or so, a number of scientists have argued that the World Wide Web offers a way to unlock the gates that was not possible when scientific results were conveyed solely by print-on-paper. Advocates of “open access” argue that research results must be made available such that all scientists can see them and use them, for free, via the Web.

See: Open Access and the Progress of Science



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I'm currently a graduate student of the history of law and technology at the University of California, San Diego. I also provide law and technology consulting services. Additionally, I'm a non-practicing lawyer and former developer/sysadmin at a biotech non-profit. For more about me and my work, see krisnelson.org or my Google Profile.

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