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information suppression by universities
Art Unwin wrote:
Many of us have checked the net for the latest advances in antennas. Advances are usually arrived at public university research units some of which are partially funded by outside sources Most, if not all, the results are presented to the IEEE as a way of getting recognision. But this information such as advancement in science is not provided to the public even tho they came from a public institution. Thus you cannot access it on the net as a member of the public as access is with held UNLESS you hand over some money to the IEEE. Why are the universites not sharing their work with the public? Is it because academics feel they are part of a special club divorced from the public? Ofcourse I may be wrong in taking that view in light of the fact that these study results are available in libraries but why are they not put on the web for the good of science and the general public at large? Art This is a complex issue and one of considerable debate within those universities AND the publishers of the journals. 1) The journals have operating costs (someone has to edit them and do the typesetting and production).. these must be paid by subscription fees and page charges from the author. Giving it away for free means that other means must be developed for funding. 2) Not all the funding for research comes with a "must release to public" clause. For instance, you might get a grant to defray part of the cost of some research, and fund the remaining part out of your own assets. The granting agency gets the data they want (at a lower cost than paying for all of it), but you retain the rights. 3) Putting stuff on the web isn't free. However, a LOT of newer research IS being published for free on the web. PLOS (Public Library of Science), PubMed, arxiv, etc. are all examples. Remember, too, that this is academia, and they tend to be conservative and change slowly. To a certain extent, it IS an exclusive club, because publication leads to promotion, and the publication process is full of gates and wickets. The term "publish or perish" did not arise out of thin air. |
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