@article{1386638,
      recid = {1386638},
      author = {Karaganis, Joe,},
      title = {Shadow libraries : access to educational materials in  global higher education /},
      pages = {1 online resource (313 pages) :},
      abstract = {This collection looks at how university students in  Russia, Argentina, South Africa, Poland, Brazil, India, and  Uruguay get the books and articles they need for their  education. The death of Aaron Swartz and the more recent  controversy around the SciHub and Libgen repositories have  drawn attention to the question of access to knowledge,  particularly for students facing financial and other  constraints. Open access currently provides a very limited  answer to this question, which piracy answers more  comprehensively. This edited volume explores how access to  knowledge has changed in the past twenty years, as student  populations have boomed and as educators and publishers  navigated the transition from paper to digital materials.  It is concerned primarily with the experience of developing  countries, where growing numbers of students, rapid  development of Internet and device infrastructures, and  high relative inequality have produced the sharpest  tensions in the publishing and educational ecosystem.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1386638},
}