As a librarian, I am really all about open access to information. I think that's really important. There are many examples, when it comes to even sharing of traditional knowledge, where there are levels of access, whether it's family, or whatever. We want to get that knowledge out there. Oftentimes we talk a lot about protection, but for indigenous communities, we love sharing our knowledge. We want people to know the language. We want to share those things with people. I think with open access and publishing, it's really about sharing and getting the information out there.
In my only experience publishing, I never made a dime off it, nor did I want to. I wanted the knowledge to go out there to people about indigenous knowledge ownership. I think that's part of where some academics are coming from. In libraries, of course, we love it when there's open access, because we're able to provide more services to our community.
I think it really depends on the author. We've seen publishing houses that have gotten very wealthy, but we don't want to.... Obviously, they're our business partners. We want them to be able to stay in business. I think it is a complicated situation, but I really believe in open access to information. As a librarian, that's where we come from.