Re: Scientific Literature

["philidor11" <philidor11@snet.net>]

>From the news story:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_1516000/1516824.stm

<snip>

So far, over 26,000 scientists from 170 countries, including many Nobel
Laureates, have signed a letter supporting the creation of an online public
library, which will one day be a repository for all scientific research.

<snip>

 The push for the public library has come from life scientists, but
physicists have had an equivalent for over a decade. Since 1991, the e-print
archive at Los Alamos has been a repository for both pre- and post-
publication research papers. The archive was established without the
permission of publishers.

Me:
The article also discusses a boycott of established journals which do not
make their contents immediately and freely available on the web.

End of copyright restrictions on at least one class of information, it
seems.
No more reliance on interlibrary loan or unaffordable cost for a single book
(eventually) or journal.

Great news, Mike!