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"Will history label this the “academic spring”?
Interesting article on OA from Tony Delamothe, deputy editor, BMJ.
NotesCite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e2937... Delete the scoop?
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Dr Mike Taylor: Academic publishers do not pay peer reviewers, and lack of funds is no bar to publication in an open access journal... Delete the scoop?
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What are scientists doing to promote open access to data? Rebecca Lawrence discusses a new publishing venture by one group of scientists, looking to shake up scientific publishing. Delete the scoop?
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An interesting blog post from Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of scholarly communication at the Modern Language Association. Published on her blog 'Planned Obsolescence' this posting contains the text of the keynote presentation she gave to the Council of Editors of Learned Journals at at MLA 2012. Delete the scoop?
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New policy to make research freely available challenges business models of academic publishers... Delete the scoop?
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Three months later, in July 2010, the Bank launched its Access to Information Policy — with the aim of transforming the way in which it makes its data available to the public. ... Delete the scoop?
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An interesting blog post from Cameron Neylon where he states:
"Bottom line: Within ten years all major funders will mandate CC-BY Open Access on publication arising from work they fund immediately on publication. Several major publishers will not survive the transition. A few will and a whole set of new players will spring up to fill the spaces. The next ten years look to be very interesting." Delete the scoop?
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The US Research Works Act would allow publishers to line their pockets by locking publicly funded research behind paywalls... Delete the scoop?
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"It has taken many years for the torpid academic community to wake up to this ludicrous situation, but things are slowly starting to change. In some fields, academics are starting to take things into their own hands and cut commercial publishers out of the loop, but this still the exception rather than the rule." Delete the scoop?
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"We invite you to contribute to the conference program. The deadline (Feb 22) is quickly approaching!"