I've noticed that open access has now taken on two meanings, whether the
stuff on the shelves can be wandered around, and whether the electronic
form of a document may be publically accessed without having to have
some sort of paywall management protocol.
This sort of confusion adds to infocy #infocy and infopolecon
#infopolecon.
The argument for paper documents placed on shelves with classmarks and
classified cataloguing seems to me essential. Now we find subscriptions
for the electronic version without the paper version so those who have
access to the library as a public good, but not to the electronic
sources are now unable to do many things.
The freedom of expression and access to information of the UN
declaration of Human Rights in 1948 ought to be a guiding principle for
policies, not the protection of private goods and rights.
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