Scientific literature access beyond licensing institutions

[Laval Hunsucker <amoinsde@yahoo.com>]

Hello, everyone,

May I, on behalf of another party, pass along to this forum the 
following literature enquiry?

Is anyone out there aware of publications or available reports, 
from say the last twenty years (but the more recent, the better), 
based on quantitative or qualitative research into one or both of 
the following questions:

1.Among the general public, what is the extent of the demand for, 
or of serious interest in gaining, access on a regular, 
continuing basis to peer-reviewed content published in 
scientific/scholarly journals? For this purpose, "the general 
public" should be taken to mean all private individuals who do 
not already enjoy such access, at no personal cost, by virtue of 
their formal affiliation with an institution, such as a 
university or a large corporation, which has -- or whose library 
or information unit has -- itself arranged for and provides such 
access to those affiliated with it, bearing institutionally the 
cost of such arrangements.

2.What is the extent of such demand or serious interest among 
small entrepreneurs, independent consultants and the like ?

I would highly appreciate receiving, on- or off-list, any 
pertinent references which any of you might be able and willing 
to provide.

My thanks to you in advance.

- Laval Hunsucker
Breukelen, Nederland