http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/knowledgerules Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:11:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/knowledgerules/2008/02/13/access-and-taxes/ http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/knowledgerules/2008/02/13/access-and-taxes/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:38:30 +0000 John Willinsky http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/knowledgerules/2008/02/13/access-and-taxes/ As Harvard University is considering the adoption of an open-access policy for its faculty's publications, John Willinsky discusses the stakes associated with such choices and their potential impact on the public use of knowledge. It may be because I have spent my entire educational life in public schools, public libraries, and public universities, prior that is to joining Stanford this year, that I am drawn to recent news stories on the endowments that help to finance this country’s leading private universities. I have become all too aware that I’ve joined an institution...]]> http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/knowledgerules/2008/02/13/access-and-taxes/feed/