Wikipedia offers access offline
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| Nearly 2,000 Wikipedia articles will be sold on compact disc to give
| people without a net connection access to highlights of the popular
| web resource.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6566749.stm
This coems handy in countries with flaky/no connection where the cost of
literature is too high.
Now You Can Read What Doctors See
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| John Willinsky, Open Medicine's volunteer publisher and an open access
| expert at the University of British Columbia, argues access to
| knowledge shouldn't cost the public a dime.
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http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2007/04/18/OpenMed/
Related:
Push for open access to research
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| "Cancer patients seeking information on new treatments or parents
| searching for the latest on childhood development issues were often
| denied access to the research they indirectly fund through their
| taxes"
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6404429.stm
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