Harvard opens up

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard voted to circumvent traditional (overpriced, under-read) scholarly journals by publishing their scholarly articles on an online open-access repository for free. "The goal of university research is the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge... We have an essential responsibility to distribute the fruits of our scholarship as widely as possible." This is huge. (More @ NYTimes)

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