7th May 2009, 06:53 PM
I agree wholeheartedly... I only get peeved by documents that have already been paid for (via HLF, or some other funding body) being only available as pay per view... there is also a fallacy about paper versus web - where you can actually have free web view and pay for paper copy and there is very little effect
for example the Journal of Medical Ethics... you pay for the paper copy but can read the journal free online...
Another example.. I can read the PSAS journal online for free... but also want the paper copy on my shelf... etc.
By that concept, I guess that as BAJR collects info and provides it free... everything from courses, societies, guides, videos etc.. etc.. (not forgetting Past Horizons - proof you can have a quality magazine that costs nothing to read) should be pay per view..
The guardian has as free view website, but I still buy the Newspaper... I could go on, but it is essential that the new media is understood... it can pay for itself, and free is not nessesarily free (if you know what I mean)
Try selling your Grey Literature report of a watching brief in Cheem... or better still, make it available free online...
HOWEVER :face-topic:
The Americans make the entire NAtional MAppng available free, from maps to GIS counties etc... they are a public service...
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli
for example the Journal of Medical Ethics... you pay for the paper copy but can read the journal free online...
Another example.. I can read the PSAS journal online for free... but also want the paper copy on my shelf... etc.
By that concept, I guess that as BAJR collects info and provides it free... everything from courses, societies, guides, videos etc.. etc.. (not forgetting Past Horizons - proof you can have a quality magazine that costs nothing to read) should be pay per view..
The guardian has as free view website, but I still buy the Newspaper... I could go on, but it is essential that the new media is understood... it can pay for itself, and free is not nessesarily free (if you know what I mean)
Try selling your Grey Literature report of a watching brief in Cheem... or better still, make it available free online...
HOWEVER :face-topic:
The Americans make the entire NAtional MAppng available free, from maps to GIS counties etc... they are a public service...
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."
Niccolo Machiavelli