TEXTO 4

Public Not Welcome
LIBRARIES CUT OFF ACCESS TO THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE

By W. Wayt Gibbs

A patient newly diagnosed with leukemia, a parent concerned about a risky operation her child is facing, a precocious high school student— whatever their motivation, ordinary citizens have for decades enjoyed free access to the latest scientific and medical literature, so long as they could make their way to a state-funded university library. That is rapidly changing as public research libraries, squeezed between state budget cuts and a decade of rampant inflation in journal prices, drop printed journals in droves. The online versions that remain are often beyond the reach of “unaffiliated” visitors.

{http://www.sciam.com. 08/09/2003)

Responda em português.

Indique os dois fatores que estão limitando o livre acesso à literatura científica.