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iPubSci: a good idea that doesn't go nearly far enough

A few days ago i received an email alerting me to iPubSci. This initiative is thought to be applied to scholarly publishing very much in parallel to the way iTunes has changed the way music is bought and sold over the in...[more]
publishing   libraries   iPubSci   publishers   
Posted on Thursday 15 December 2011 - 10:13:04

Are journal prices going up or down?

When I describe the behavior of corporate publishers with regard to scholarly communication and tight library budgets, I usually illustrate my point with the following graph:

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Clearly, subscription costs have increased exo...[more]
open access   publishing   costs   profits   publishers   libraries   
Posted on Thursday 17 January 2013 - 15:00:07

What will Elsevier do with Mendeley's usage data?

There is a flood of commentary covering the sale of Mendeley to Elsevieer. However, only a few posts have bemoaned the sale of Mendeley's usage data to Elsevier. So perhaps now is a good time to speculate a little, what ...[more]
elsevier   mendeley   open access   publishing   publishers   
Posted on Thursday 11 April 2013 - 12:59:48

The first signs of a scholarly publishing revolution?

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revolution   publishing   swartz   maxwell   jstor   publishers   
Posted on Thursday 21 July 2011 - 23:57:05

This could happen to you: Harvard scholar indicted for downloading too many journal articles

Aaron Swartz (blog), internet activist and former Harvard Scholar (Harvard Ethics Center Lab on Institutional Corruption) has been indicted by the federal government of the USA. Recent resports in a number of outlets (...[more]
revolution   publishing   swartz   maxwell   jstor   publishers   
Posted on Thursday 21 July 2011 - 11:12:23

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