“Publisher ‘Threat’ to Open Access”
In "Publisher 'Threat' to Open Access," Zoë Corbyn of Times Higher Education reports that in the UK:
Elsevier is thought to be mooting a new idea that could undermine universities' own open-access repositories. It would see Elsevier take over the job of archiving papers and making them available more widely as PDF files. . . .
Shira Tabachnikoff, director of corporate communications at Elsevier, confirmed that preliminary discussions had taken place with some institutions but would not go into detail on their nature.
Latest posts in Open Access
- SPARC: Campus-Based Open-Access Publishing Funds - March 5th, 2010
- Digital Video: Peter Suber on the Future of Open Access - March 4th, 2010
- Duke University Draft Open Access Policy - March 3rd, 2010
Latest posts in Publishing
- "GBS March Madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement" - March 5th, 2010
- "The Amended Google Books Settlement is Still Exclusive" - March 3rd, 2010
- Modelling Scholarly Communication Options: Costs and Benefits for Universities - February 25th, 2010
