This article explores the Public Library of Science as a site that produces and disseminates open access scientific information and knowledge for the public good. Through this case study, issues of property ownership, the nature and political economy of biological information, scientific expertise and accessibility of information and scientific knowledge as a public good are considered. Drawing on a cultural industries perspective, I examine the various intermediaries and institutional arrangements that continue to impact and shape the production and dissemination of this open access knowledge. I suggest that Public Library of Science embodies a new mode for the social production of scholarly knowledge and its dissemination, with important implications for how scientific knowledge and expertise are created, certified and circulated.

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开放式芝麻：分析公共科学图书馆作为开放式获取科学信息和知识的生产和分发场所

本文探讨了公共科学图书馆这一站点，该站点为公众利益生产和传播开放获取的科学信息和知识。通过本案例研究，考虑了财产所有权，生物信息的性质和政治经济学，科学专门知识以及信息和科学知识作为公共物品的可及性等问题。我从文化产业的角度出发，研究了各种继续影响和塑造这种开放获取知识的生产和传播的中介机构和机构安排。我建议公共科学图书馆体现一种学术知识及其传播的社会生产新模式，这对科学知识和专门知识的创建，认证和传播方式具有重要意义。