This podcast episode, produced for International Open Access Week, features a conversation between Ragna Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Library Director at Reykjavík University, and Professor Jack James, exploring the theme “Who owns our knowledge?” The discussion critically examines the evolution of academic publishing from its early ideals of freely shared knowledge to the current reality of monetised open-access systems dominated by commercial publishers. Professor James argues that the comm...
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This podcast episode, produced for International Open Access Week, features a conversation between Ragna Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Library Director at Reykjavík University, and Professor Jack James, exploring the theme “Who owns our knowledge?” The discussion critically examines the evolution of academic publishing from its early ideals of freely shared knowledge to the current reality of monetised open-access systems dominated by commercial publishers. Professor James argues that the comm...
Open Access Publishing: Human Right versus Monetised Commodity
HR Hlaðvarpið
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4 weeks ago
Open Access Publishing: Human Right versus Monetised Commodity
This podcast episode, produced for International Open Access Week, features a conversation between Ragna Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Library Director at Reykjavík University, and Professor Jack James, exploring the theme “Who owns our knowledge?” The discussion critically examines the evolution of academic publishing from its early ideals of freely shared knowledge to the current reality of monetised open-access systems dominated by commercial publishers. Professor James argues that the comm...
HR Hlaðvarpið
This podcast episode, produced for International Open Access Week, features a conversation between Ragna Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Library Director at Reykjavík University, and Professor Jack James, exploring the theme “Who owns our knowledge?” The discussion critically examines the evolution of academic publishing from its early ideals of freely shared knowledge to the current reality of monetised open-access systems dominated by commercial publishers. Professor James argues that the comm...
