http://www.cearta.ie/2009/08/open-access-in-the-irish-times/ the Irish for rights Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.cearta.ie/2009/08/open-access-in-the-irish-times/comment-page-1/#comment-10109 John L. Murphy Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:19:45 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=3365#comment-10109 As an "independent scholar who happens to teach" at what used to be called a polytechnic your way, the lack of access, now that electronic journals have been co-opted by the likes of Routledge or Taylor & Francis consortia, means that no longer can we enter a university or research library as the public to open up a journal from the stacks to read. The electronic shift often results in fewer rather than more scholarship open to those outside those currently teaching or matriculating at an institution. As an “independent scholar who happens to teach” at what used to be called a polytechnic your way, the lack of access, now that electronic journals have been co-opted by the likes of Routledge or Taylor & Francis consortia, means that no longer can we enter a university or research library as the public to open up a journal from the stacks to read. The electronic shift often results in fewer rather than more scholarship open to those outside those currently teaching or matriculating at an institution.

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