Issues in Scholarly Communication is a newsletter produced by Paula Kaufman, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, for the Illinois community. Entries from 2001-2005 newsletter are available.
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Congoo is a forthcoming search engine that will give registered users free online access to selected priced publications. Users will download a 200 KB browser plug-in, register with Congoo, run searches, and find some fee-based content in the hit list. When they click on an item from a willing publisher, Congoo will pass the user's registration information on to the publisher and the publisher will give the user free access to full text, at least temporarily. Users get free online access to texts that are not ordinarily free and one-time registration for all publishers that eventually participate. But what's in it for publishers? Some of their content is more visible to users (the amount, the pieces, and apparently the duration are under publisher control) and they get the contact info for users interested enough to click through. Congoo plans to launch in January. Open Access News 12/29/05 www.congoo.com
Posted by P. Kaufman at December 29, 2005 12:30 PM
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