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Scholarly Communication in the Twenty-first Century: A Changing Landscape
Publication Date: January 2009
Publisher(s): Association for Jewish Studies; Association for Jewish Studies
Author(s): Heidi Lerner; Heidi Lerner
Series: AJS Perspectives: The Newsletter of the Association for Jewish Studies, Spring 2009, pp.36-39.
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Education (Information services and sources)
Law and ethics (Intellectual property, copyright, patent, and trademark law)
Keywords: Internet; Law; Higher Education; Judaic Studies
Type: Brief
Abstract:
The author explores problems of ownership and access to information resulting from the rapid rise in prices of e-journal and e-book subscriptions, and the restrictions imposed by their accompanying licensing practices, as well as uncertainty and confusion in matters of intellectual property, copyright and fair use issues.