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Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Improving Access to STM Literature: The Need for Continuing Dialogue - Bonita Wilson, D-Lib
On May 19 - 20, 2003, the National Academies Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy hosted the "Symposium on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and its Implications" in Washington, D.C., to discuss the critical challenges facing the scientific, technical, and medical (STM) research communities in their efforts to obtain timely and affordable access to STM research results [1].... Digital technologies have transformed the processes involved in information creation, dissemination, and access. The potential exists for the results of STM research to be reported, accessed and used more rapidly than could ever have been imagined in the days when journals were published solely in print. However, moving to electronic publication has also created new challenges. As the keynote speaker, James Duderstadt, President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering Millennium Project, University of Michigan, pointed out, "Digital threatens the system of intellectual property that has existed for centuries."
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