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Archives: Robert Darnton

Diversity in the Open Access Movement, Part 2: Differing Goals

What, if anything, should be done about the fact that the Open Access movement embraces not only a variety of definitions of the term “open access,” but also a diversity of visions as to what constitutes an acceptable future for access to scholarship?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jan 24, 2017
  • 9 Comments

The Digital Public Library of America Has Arrived

The Digital Public Library of America has launched, and it is an impressive achievement that is bound to grow over the coming years.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Apr 23, 2013
  • 19 Comments

Reflections on Google Book Search: You Can't Put the Google Back Into the Bottle

Despite the fact that the Google Books settlement was not approved, Google’s mass digitization has forever transformed the landscape of publishing, libraries, and the way we think about information.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Apr 28, 2011
  • 5 Comments

Darnton, Coppola, and the Impossibility of Free Information

“Free” is an illusion and an insult. All information we want costs money, and we as creators want it to cost money.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jan 27, 2011
  • 20 Comments

Poor Comparison Leaves Darnton's Journal Price Jeremiad in Jambles

It’s time to abandon the library-as-victim narrative and write a new story.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jan 10, 2011
  • 16 Comments

Responding to One of Darnton's Three Jeremiads — the Google Books Settlement

An essay in the New York Review of Books about the Google Books Settlement is based on flawed reasoning. Here’s why.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jan 3, 2011
  • 15 Comments

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