What intrigued me most was his discussion about the regular and uncontrollable plagiarism that goes on from Darwin Online. This site gives access to the entirety of Darwin\u2019s works. 90,000 pages and 80,000 images are available free of charge to the public. John discussed that the main reason for plagiarism is when people cite the original work of Darwin rather than the site. Therefore, this site is basically giving convince in using Darwin\u2019s work but not getting credited because scholars believe that citing the original text looks more official. John expressed his disappointment in these practices but there is not much to do in the way of changing this cycle.<\/p>\n
One question I want to raise from learning about this monumental project in the world of the history of science is what great accessibility does for the world of research? More and more exposure to learning is always the goal but does this ease for analyzing take away from a genuine curiosity of the scholar? Darwin online allows for a student to pick through text in order to discover the quote or information needed. Darwin would have wanted more citing and use of his work but would he also have wanted a student to read his whole thoughts not just bits and pieces?<\/p>\n
Another aspect of this work that is interesting to explore is the funding process. This site is completely free of charge and relies on donations and private funding. The United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Council was the original sponsor of the site. In addition, historian Janet Browne and the Welcome foundation provided grants. Without scholars like Van Wye and Browne fundraising the works of Darwin and other great thinkers could be cited less and less. Darwin online provides a precedent and inspiration for other online data bases to be created.<\/p>\n
The esteem of Darwin is probable for the explosion in press coverage and ample funding Darwin is one of the most famous writers in the world. However, there are many other important writers in history that the world could benefit from if an online data base was created of their work. Because of the reliance on this funding and increase in only using accessible work, will we lose many important documents as a result of millennial laziness?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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