charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com wrote:
Sarah wrote
Any public library can order material that's
in a regular academic
library.
Sorry - any public library in Kerala, Kampala or even Lima can order up anything
from any academic library? Do remember that this is a global project. The
'populist' idea that anybody should be able to fact-check anything rather founders
on the reality that it at most refers to about 5% of the world population, selected just
about entirely on wealth.
We are really doing the opposite: making the cream of reliable-source material actually
globally available whereever there is a decent internet connection.
It's what we are doing, not what we have done. The observation that it
is now only available to the richest 5% is, IMHO, intuitively true. Our
work will not be done until the resources are freed and available to
all, and that's a big task.
Ec