The research divide: Internet commons, scholarly participation and pre-print servers
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 worki...
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International Association for the Study of the Commons
2016
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| Resumo: | 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 accessible common resource. The data indicates that participation has not been democratized. In the discussion, the author examines some possible explanations for this. |
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