What a timely piece following Monday’s talk about open access and scholarly publishing. From Berkman Center fellow David Weinberger:
“Locking research up in for-pay journals slows the pace of knowledge. The peer review system — one important way ideas are vetted — does not require the existing print publication system. Harvard’s move will not only make more information more widely available, it may help nudge the system itself into a form that better serves our species’ interests: As more schools adopt open access programs, researchers will have an increasing disincentive not to lock their work up.”
Read his post here.
