[Irtalk] Open access is not free. Someone is doing the work. Someone is paying

Hilton Gibson hilton.gibson at gmail.com
Fri Aug 28 17:58:06 SAST 2015


Open access is not simply a matter of access to free articles. Readers need
the infrastructural means for accessing online content. In the Global South
access is impeded by exorbitant costs of bandwidth.

https://theconversation.com/open-access-is-not-free-someone-is-doing-the-work-someone-is-paying-46557

*​Also see:
http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Self-Hosting_Value_Proposition
<http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Self-Hosting_Value_Proposition>​*
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