i don't have a magical solution but in my view we've integrated journals into scientific careers as a proxy for quality, and we've arrived at a place where journals are a big drag on the enterprise
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“Barrier too high” sounds like my original point. Readers have access. It’s just not as quick and easy as they want. I don’t have much sympathy for that - not enough to warrant implementing OA and it’s assspciated negatives and externalities.
aug 29, 2025, 6:38 pm • 0 0 • view
For my generation 👩🦳who started accessing papers by going to the library weekly to see the latest issues and then photocopying the paper or mailing a reprint request card😱, your point is well taken but your solutions take "effort" & folks just want to click and have the paper appear on their screen
aug 29, 2025, 8:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Thus my use of the word “lazy”.
aug 29, 2025, 10:51 pm • 1 0 • view
ILL doesn’t exist for industry/biotech does it? It’s about the Benjamin’s.
aug 30, 2025, 1:01 am • 0 0 • view
It’s just a library process. Doesn’t matter who YOU are.
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