S5E1 | The Price of Research: Dr. Elaine Westbrooks on Libraries and the Knowledge Economy

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None of us in STEM or humanities should ever take libraries for granted! PhDiva Liz Wayne interviews Dr. Elaine Westbrook (Vice Provost of UNC Chapel-Hill Libraries) about the knowledge economy, peer review, and the invisible, exorbitant cost of journals. Scientists pay to have their articles published and then their universities can spend up to $40,000 on a single journal to make that research available to their community. This is an ethical matter of access and inequality on a geopolitical level. Follow Dr. Elaine L Westbrooks @UNC_Librarian!