The Missing Materials Experiment

The Missing materials.org experiment in working together on stolen material, which I cited in the Handbook, has now finished.  It didn’t achieve huge takeup, but helped publicise the issue of theft, encourage more openness and assisted OCLC Research in developing light touch resources and experimental software.  Find out more in this article: Turning out the Lights, on Hanging Together (OCLC Research’s blog).

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