[Foundation-l] Access to academic journals (was Re: Remarks on Wikimedia's fundraiser)

[Juergen Fenn]

Am 08.03.11 21:36, schrieb Andrea Zanni:

>> AFAIK, these publishers make the pricing upon the number of
> scholars/researchers/students of a certain university/corporation: I bet
> they would make us unbearable fees (in fact the potential users are hundred
> thousands, if not millions).

That's right if you would negotiate with the publishers to have all
wikipedians take part in the the such a scheme, but access to academic
literature can only be offered to those authors who contribute regularly
and who are long-time part of a WikiProject or a Portal. Otherwise you
would have the effects you've described.

Regards,
Jürgen.