Here's a blog post that analyzes whether inter-library loan is an adequate solution. http://scientopia.org/blogs/christinaslisrant/2012/01/11/access-to-the-literature-does-interlibrary-loan-solve-our-problems/
Jane Shevtsov On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ---- Jane Shevtsov <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:32 AM, David L. McNeely <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > The money that ESA and other scholarly organizations charge for > > > electronic copies of their reports goes to support the organization. > The > > > organization makes possible the publication and decimination of new > > > knowledge. There are costs involved, whether or not you think that the > > > only thing the organization has to pay is for the electrical power to > zip > > > electrons around. Yes, the incremental cost of pushing out another > copy is > > > small. But all the infrastructure of the organization is involved in > > > getting there, and is at stake if we succomb to the idea that only the > > > incremental cost should be paid by the user. > > > > > > > Then what did ESA and other publishers do before widespread Internet use? > > Back then, people would go to the library and, if the library subscribed, > > photocopy the articles they needed. They paid the library for copies, but > > publishers saw none of that money. And if they just read the article > > without copying it, they paid nothing at all! > > So, just go to the library and photocopy the article, like in the old days > 10 years ago. That is still an option. mcneely > > > > > Jane Shevtsov > > > > -- > > ------------- > > Jane Shevtsov > > Ecology Ph.D. candidate, University of Georgia > > co-founder, www.worldbeyondborders.org > > > > "She has future plans and dreams at night. > > They tell her life is hard; she says 'That's all right'." --Faith Hill, > > "Wild One" > > -- > David McNeely > -- ------------- Jane Shevtsov Ecology Ph.D. candidate, University of Georgia co-founder, www.worldbeyondborders.org "She has future plans and dreams at night. They tell her life is hard; she says 'That's all right'." --Faith Hill, "Wild One"
