[LINK] All UK (and world) uni research online and free?
Adam Todd
link at todd.inoz.com
Wed Aug 4 23:34:46 EST 2004
At 21:28 4/08/2004 +1000, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>Hi all ..
>
>Possibly a landmark report for the whole world.
>(Eg, the final paragraph of this UK Gov Report)
>
>And at the UK Parliament website referenced above, here is the summary
>page for the Committee's report. It appears to make a lot of sense, imho:
>
> > Academic libraries are struggling to purchase subscriptions to all the
>journal titles needed by their users.
>
>This is due both to the high and increasing journal prices imposed by
>commercial publishers and the inadequacy of library budgets to meet the
>demands placed upon them by a system supporting an ever increasing volume of
>research.
Doesn't this come back to the "legal deposit" discussion from last
week? You mean the UK doesn't have such legislation in place causing
publications to be sent?
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