What's the Big Deal? Global Trends and Movements Shaping Higher Ed

For the last two decades, research institutions have been buying research the same way consumers have been buying television: in big bundles. And like big cable packages, these bundles have become bloated with content nobody wants, and their prices have exploded at rates only a monopolist could love. In a recorded talk delivered at the Virginia Tech Library, UVA Director of Information Policy Brandon Butler explains why the global research community is increasingly serious about cutting the cord, and how open access is both the foundation for this move, and the next step in the process.