Interview with Harold E. Varmus of PLoS

ABSTRACT

This interview with Harold E. Varmus describes the development of Public Library of Science (PLoS) as a public digital library and emphasizes the value of open-access publications in advancing scientific knowledge through rapid and free dissemination of peer-reviewed content.

KEYWORDS:

• Annotation
• Bethesda principles
• digital libraries
• Harold E. Varmus
• open access
• PLoS
• PLoS Biology
• PLoS Medicine
• PLoS ONE
• public library of science

Notes

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Elizabeth Connor

Elizabeth Connor, MLA, AHIP ([email protected]) is Associate Professor of Library Science and Science Liaison, Daniel Library, The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, 171 Moultrie Street, Charleston, SC 29409-6140.