Policy imperatives will prevail over vested interests

Richard K. Johnson, The Open Access Policy Imperative, a presentation at SARC III, Williamsburg (September 29, 2005), self-archived October 31, 2006.

Abstract:   Despite growing pressures for change in scholarly communication driven by the Internet and other factors, vested interests are slowing the transformation. Nevertheless, scientific, financial, and public policy imperatives for change will eventually win out.