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January 4, 2006
Ailing Science
Some formats work on the web. Garland, a major publisher of scientific works, provided searchable, but not browsable text of one of its classic titles, Molecular Biology of the Cell to the National Library of Medicine. This is worthless in terms of electronic access because anyone who's using PubMed quite likely ALREADY OWNS THE BOOK! It is useful, but clearly it has been intentionally handicapped, and thus stands as a testament to the ailing status of science, crippled under the weight of publishers intent on their copyrights.
In my humble opinion.
Posted by Niels Olson at January 4, 2006 3:51 PM
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