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Digitize this book! : the politics of new media, or why we need open access now /

In the sciences, the merits and ramifications of open access--the electronic publishing model that gives readers free, irrevocable, worldwide, and perpetual access to research--has been vigorously debated and is now increasingly proposed as a valid means of both disseminating knowledge and career ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hall, Gary, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2008.
Colección:Electronic mediations ; v. 24.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In the sciences, the merits and ramifications of open access--the electronic publishing model that gives readers free, irrevocable, worldwide, and perpetual access to research--has been vigorously debated and is now increasingly proposed as a valid means of both disseminating knowledge and career advancement. In Digitize This Book! Gary Hall presents a timely and ambitious polemic on the potential that open access publishing has to transform both "papercentric" humanities scholarship and the institution of the university itself. Hall, a pioneer in open access publishing in the humanities, explor
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 301 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-291) and index.
ISBN:9780816666317
0816666318