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Students in the Media

 

April 25, 2008

Library event emphasizes solutions to illegal file sharing
The Daily Cardinal, April 25, 2008

April 11, 2008

Scholarly access considered
Manitou Messenger, April 11, 2008

February 29, 2008

Editorial: A New Approach to Scholarship Access
The Oberlin Review, February 29, 2008

January 31, 2008

LJ Academic Newswire Newsmaker Interview: Student Open Access Activist Gavin Baker
Library Journal Academic Newswire, January 31, 2008

January 22, 2008

Under the microscope: research available free online
The Daily Pennsylvanian, by Alyssa Schwenk

November 2007

Student activism: How students use the scholarly communication system
C&RL News, by Gavin Baker

October 10, 2007

File-Sharing Students Fight Copyright Constraints
The New York Times, by Rachel Aviv

May 1, 2007

Access For All
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University

February 12, 2007

Nation-wide movement seeks to open access to medical research
The Mac Weekly, Macalester College

November 16, 2006

Tax-funded research should be made available to those in need The Spartan Daily, San Jose State University

September 6, 2006

Bloom signs letter supporting open access to research
The Phoenix, Swarthmore College

“…The letter further explained that “the [act] would be a major step forward in ensuring equitable online access to research literature that is paid for by taxpayers. In a nutshell, the basic idea [of open access] is that academic research should be published in venues without restrictions to use,” Department of History Professor Timothy Burke said. “We as a college are supporting faculty to carry out research which the academic author receives nothing for, and then the library has to pay to be able to read it. This is a bizarre economic irrationality.”

June 13, 2006

Academic Papers to Be Published Under Open Access Guidelines?
Blog Critics Magazine

A new bit of proposed legislation — the Federal Research Public Access Act — may grant all citizens the right to access government-funded research papers. As of now, most academic journal articles are available through individual subscriptions or subscribing institutions, thus leaving most scholarly output accessible only within the dark walls of academia.

June 6, 2006

Letter to the Editor - Research will suffer if UF cuts journals
The Independent Florida Alligator

If you're like most students, you'll write a research paper during your time at UF. More than likely, you'll need to access articles published in academic journals, which you'll do thanks to a subscription by the UF libraries. But what do you do when the library doesn't have a subscription? That situation is today's reality. Last year, UF's library materials budget was well under the average of the top 10 public universities, and just more than half the budget of the University of Michigan. Next year, the library is planning to cancel $750,000 in journal subscriptions due to funding constraints. Ultimately, UF will never be able to afford all the research materials we might need. The question is not, "What if we didn't have access to research?" but, "How can we make things better?" Today, Congress has the opportunity to improve access to vital research...

May 25, 2006

Editorial: Articles of contention: Make federally funded research publicly available
Indiana Daily Student

“…The content these publications are hawking has been funded by taxpayer money. Journals provide a means of editing, condensing and digesting the immense amount of research published every year -- but to charge the taxpayer twice is unfair.”

May 11, 2006

Editorial: Free and open - Online research a great asset for all
Ohio University Post

“…As Lieberman pointed out, not everyone has a library next door, and as the nation becomes more and more digital, it only makes sense to require documents that would be readily available at the reference desk now to be easily reached via the Web. It comes down to accountability, both of the public whose dollars are being spent and of the various government agencies who are allocating the funds. An open system will prevent different departments from investigating the same issues, and unguarded information will promote further work.”