Re: Access to 2009 H1N1 Flu information

[Shirley Ainsworth <shirley@ibt.unam.mx>]

Returning to the Science example, I am at a loss to understand 
the logic of erecting not one barrier to information access, but 
two.

The cost of an institutional subscription to this title costs, in 
our case, many thousands of dollars, yet in spite of this the 
most recent Science articles are locked away in a separate 
section, Science Express, and need yet another subscription to 
access them. We are all familiar with scientists giving away the 
results of their research to publishers and then their libraries 
having to pay to access this, but in this case they must also 
have personal subscriptions as well. Some business model!

Shirley Ainsworth

> When editorial and financial imperatives trump research concerns,
> fake journals appear and scientific associations begin to behave
> in ways that are contrary to their stated mandates (disseminate
> knowledge).

btw, I loved the theological explanation!!

> I suspect that, unknown to most of us, the boards of these 
> commercial and learned bodies are being instructed in the art 
> of mental restrictions by high-ranking Jesuits!
>
> Jean-Claude Guedon