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...Harvard Review, a literary journal published at Harvard under various names since 1986, announced Thursday that all of its back issues except those published within the past three years are now available on JSTOR, a digital archive of scholarly journals...
...many schools are already doing this, these universities need to obey “fair use” policies. Given that respect for intellectual property is so expensive to students, universities should find a way to cover these costs institutionally rather than individually. Online programs such as JSTOR offer subscriptions to scholarly journals that all students can access. However, these programs are extremely expensive and not all Universities can afford such resources. However, there are less expensive digital access options, some of which charge the University based on the number of times accessed. A second way of lowering the cost...
Privileged Harvard students have long been able to login to JSTOR free of charge and usually in a semi-comatose state. Now, however, anyone with Internet access can pretend to be an Extension School student and read up on a professor’s lifelong passion for amoebas—and for free. (Disclaimer: this is under the assumption that they’d want to, of course...
...addition to the Open Collection Program and the Harvard-Google Project, which aim to provide digital access to anyone with an Internet connection, the libraries have also focused on providing virtual resources, such as databases like LexisNexis or JSTOR, that are only accessible to Harvard affiliates. The Business School’s Baker Library, in fact, spends more on subscription electronic content than printed materials, according to the library’s executive director, Mary Lee Kennedy...
...indispensable aid. Unfortunately, the resources contained in the many electronic databases to which HUL subscribes cannot be searched with similar ease. Developing a single search engine that offers access to all of Harvard’s holdings—both physical and electronic, such as those contained in JSTOR and Academic Search Premier—will be crucial if Harvard’s burgeoning collection is to remain organized and accessible. Additionally, Harvard’s commitment to digitization must not waver after Verba’s retirement. The outgoing director wisely involved Harvard in the pilot...