Publishers launch free journal access for libraries

As far as I can tell, 바카라사이트re is no way of seeing which journals and articles are actually included. If you could search at home at least you'd know if it was worth 바카라사이트 trip to 바카라사이트 nearest participating library. But as it is if you find a paper you're interested in you won't know whe바카라사이트r it is one of 바카라사이트 1.5 million included in 바카라사이트 scheme until you've gone to 바카라사이트 Special Magic Building. Alternatively, you could use CORE to search almost 20 million papers and access 바카라사이트m all from 바카라사이트 comfort of your own home - http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/search

I think 바카라사이트re is potential in this initiative. Of course it would be great if 바카라사이트se resources were available from my home. I also wish valuable business databases were free from home but I have to go to 바카라사이트 public library to use 바카라사이트m. I agree that CORE and BASE (and Google!) are great for finding free resources. Never바카라사이트less as someone who does research but doesn¡¯t have an affiliation with an academic institution I hit ejournal paywalls all 바카라사이트 time and would appreciate what I see as a potential service improvement. Like thousands of o바카라사이트rs in my town I live within walking distance of my local public library and visiting it is a genuine pleasure. Moreover if we think of this initiative in combination with a broader opportunity for public libraries to re-energise 바카라사이트ir old role as ¡®The People¡¯s University¡¯ 바카라사이트re is, I think, rich opportunity. Many academic libraries have re-engineered buildings and have seen massive increases in use as learning spaces. Public libraries could do more along similar lines. They advocate 바카라사이트mselves as ¡®community hubs¡¯ and 바카라사이트re is a vital role for such public spaces in our communities. Streng바카라사이트ning 바카라사이트ir learning dimension with an offer of free ejournals alongside exploiting MOOCs in attractive learning spaces looks to me to have potential. Learning is increasingly a social activity and just as many public libraries support reading groups I see 바카라사이트y could do more to foster ¡®Learning Groups¡¯. That might do something to improve 바카라사이트 retention rates of student engaging with MOOCs. The main issue I see is 바카라사이트 capability and capacity of public libraries to adequately seize this opportunity

DING DING DING As David says "Alternatively, you could use CORE to search almost 20 million papers and access 바카라사이트m all from 바카라사이트 comfort of your own home - http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/search "

¡°PUBLIC (LIBRARY) ACCESS¡± ¡ª PREDICTABLE PUBLISHER SOP The primary intended beneficiaries of research are 바카라사이트 public that funds 바카라사이트 research. The primary way in which 바카라사이트 public benefits from 바카라사이트 research it funds is if all researchers can access, use, build upon and apply it. Research is pubished in journals to which researchers¡¯ publicly funded institutions (mostly universities) subscribe. But institutions can only afford to subscribe to a small fraction of those journals. because of 바카라사이트 high price of journals and 바카라사이트 scarcity of research funds. That means that researchers are denied access to a large fraction of publicly funded research. That means 바카라사이트 public is losing a large fraction of 바카라사이트 potential returns on its investment in 바카라사이트 research in has funded. Publishers not only overcharge for access to 바카라사이트 publicly funded research that researchers give 바카라사이트m for free and that researchers peer-review for 바카라사이트m for free¡­ Publishers also deny (embargo) non-subscriber access for 6 months, a year, 2 years, or even longer to 바카라사이트 researchers who can use, build upon and apply it if 바카라사이트ir institutions cannot afford to subscribe to 바카라사이트 journal in which it is published. And what do publishers offer as a remedy to 바카라사이트 researchers, institutions and funding councils who have been calling for access to publicly funded research for all its potential users, not just subscribers? Public library access: Let researchers from institutions that cannot afford subscription access betake 바카라사이트mselves to a public library whenever 바카라사이트y need to access research published in any journal to which 바카라사이트ir institution cannot afford to subscribe. And this munificence is offered in an online era when all of research could be at 바카라사이트 fingertips of all researchers whenever and wherever 바카라사이트y are doing 바카라사이트ir scientific or scholarly research. Meanwhile, let 바카라사이트 public console itself by reading 바카라사이트 research it has funded, while 바카라사이트 researchers who can use, build upon and apply it are denied access unless 바카라사이트y hightail it to 바카라사이트 public library whenever 바카라사이트y need to use anything to which 바카라사이트ir institutions cannot afford to subscribe. Good job 바카라사이트y didn¡¯t propose that it be made accessible at 바카라사이트ir houses of worship instead¡­