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Generating new knowledge typically starts with a study. Now, libraries struggle to afford them (www.cbc.ca)

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The rising costs university libraries are paying to access journals have implications far beyond the ivory tower. From new cancer treatments to debates about foreign policy, new information enters the public domain through academic studies. Now libraries are having trouble affording the subscriptions.

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[–] CuriousLibrarian 1 points 2 years ago

The infrastructure is not in place in the US to support really open access to research publications. The US should fund a national library system for this purpose. In the long term this would cost a lot less than supporting commercial publishers.