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Athena UnboundBy: Peter Baldwin A clear eyed examination of the open access movement: past history, current conflicts, and future possibilities. Open access (OA) could one day put the sum of human knowledge at our fingertips. But the goal of allowing everyone to read everything faces fierce resistance. In Athena Unbound, Peter Baldwin offers an up to date look at the ideals and history behind OA, and unpacks the controversies that arise when the dream of limitless
By: Peter BaldwinA clear-eyed examination of the open access movement: past history, current conflicts, and future possibilities.
Open access (OA) could one day put the sum of human knowledge at our fingertips. But the goal of allowing everyone to read everything faces fierce resistance. In Athena Unbound, Peter Baldwin offers an up-to-date look at the ideals and history behind OA, and unpacks the controversies that arise when the dream of limitless information slams into entrenched interests in favor of the status quo. In addition to providing a clear analysis of the debates, Baldwin focuses on thorny issues such as copyright and ways to pay for “free” knowledge. He also provides a roadmap that would make OA economically viable and, as a result, advance one of humanity’s age-old ambitions.
Baldwin addresses the arguments in terms of disseminating scientific research, the history of intellectual property and copyright, and the development of the university and research establishment. As he notes, the hard sciences have already created a funding model that increasingly provides open access, but at the cost of crowding out the humanities. Baldwin proposes a new system that would shift costs from consumers to producers and free scholarly knowledge from the paywalls and institutional barriers that keep it from much of the world.
Rich in detail and free of jargon, Athena Unbound is an essential primer on the state of the global open access movement.
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★★★★★ 5
GREAT book for children! The kids & adults will love it!
Format: Paperback, Format: Paperback
Ordered this book for our Summer reading program and it was awesome and very relatable to the kids! Awesome job! Trust me, you won't be disappointed! The kids LOVED the storyline and the graphics so much and wanted to continue to read it when time was up after each program, which is a good thing! Here is a photo we took in our last day!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2025
★★★★★ 4
love
Format: Kindle
It is a good read and kid a br appropriate I love it it’s just so good i love it 🥰.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2026
★★★★★ 5
love it!
Format: Kindle
The art and the story is amazing! As a swimmer, I can relate to many of the successes and struggles the characters face throughout the book. Thank you for illustrating and writing this book, and I hope it inspires many readers to swim!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Can Bree lead her team to victory?
Format: Hardcover
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas is a graphic novel that follows Bree, a city kid from New York who moves to Florida due to her dad's new job. Excited to join math puzzles on her first day at her new school, Bree instead finds herself being assigned to swim 101, but there is just one problem: Bree can't swim. Faced with potentially failing the class, Bree's elderly neighbor Etta, who was once a swim team captain, offers to teach her. With Etta’s training and a lot of hard work, Bree suddenly finds herself on the school's failing swim team. With her school considering selling the land the pool resides on, Bree is determined to lead her team to victory at the state championship and save the pool.
This book touches on topics such as anxiety, racism, family dynamics, sports, and friendship. I found the honest exploration provided a powerful lesson of how our circumstances shape us but don't control us. As a former swim team captain myself, I really resonated with this book: I felt it perfectly captured the swim team dynamic, and the high-action illustrations of swim team meets were breath-taking. Personally, I found this book to be wonderfully nostalgic; I could almost smell the chlorine and feel the diving block beneath my feet as I read it. Overall, I think Swim Team would be a major hit in elementary and middle school libraries.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2024
★★★★★ 5
OH YEAH!👍🏻
Format: Kindle
I love to swim and this book was fantastic! Hope you have fun reading it to. My favorite character was Bree by the way
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Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2026