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The research divide: Internet commons, scholarly participation and pre-print servers

Abstract:: In this paper, the notion that Internet-based resources can be viewed using the common-pool resource dilemma framework is questioned. Instead, the author proposes that some, if not most, internet-based resources seek to broaden participation as much as possible. The paper examines arXiv.org, a working paper repository for the physics community and related disciplines, to determine whether participation in an elite scientific community has been democratized by the presence of a freely accessib...
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Meyer, E., & Kling, R. (2016). The research divide: Internet commons, scholarly participation and pre-print servers. Proceedings of Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millennium, the Eighth Conference of the Intl Assoc for the Study of Common Property.

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Meyer, E., and R. Kling. “The Research Divide: Internet Commons, Scholarly Participation and Pre-Print Servers.” Proceedings of Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millennium, the Eighth Conference of the Intl Assoc for the Study of Common Property, International Association for the Study of the Commons, 2016.

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Meyer, E, and R Kling. 2016. “The Research Divide: Internet Commons, Scholarly Participation and Pre-Print Servers.” In Proceedings of Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millennium, the Eighth Conference of the Intl Assoc for the Study of Common Property. International Association for the Study of the Commons.
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University of Oxford

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SSD

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Oxford Internet Institute

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Publisher:: International Association for the Study of the Commons Publisher's website
Journal:: Proceedings of Constituting the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millennium, the Eighth Conference of the Intl Assoc for the Study of Common Property Journal website
Event location:: Bloomington, Indiana

Item Description

Keywords:: Scholarly communication

Cyberculture

Internet

Common Property

eprints

Participation

Democratization

Mathematics

Physics
Pubs id:: pubs:598436
UUID:: uuid:2b520468-ded5-4918-8fff-99205beadcb6
Local pid:: pubs:598436
Source identifiers:: 598436
Deposit date:: 2016-01-31

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