"The world's knowledge is increasingly being held to ransom and available only to those who can pay the fees," says UPEI librarian Mark Leggott, who we are told by the Toronro Star is "is leading a digital revolt that is starting to go global." After Web of Science more than doubled fee, he launched the Knowledge For All Project, proposing an open citation index " that provides a comprehensive set of desired features, including searching, browsing, citation analysis, the ability to annotate and share data, links to author authority records, and links to full text articles." Leggott, far from being an overnight convert, as the Star story suggests, has a long history of supporting the web and open source in libraries.
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