K. Jane Burpee

Jane — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:47:13 +0000

The January, 31, 2012 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the growing protest against Elsevier, the world’s largest scientific journal publisher. Apparently, it all started with a rant on a blog post at the end of January. The post was by Timonth Gowers, a prominent mathematician at Cambridge University. He suggested it would [...] Related posts:

This from the Houses of Parliament in the UK

Jane — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:19:06 +0000

On January 25th, 2012 Chandrika Nath posted a piece entitled Open Access to Scientific Information on the UK’s Houses of Parliament website: “The internet has transformed the nature of scientific research, opening up new ways to collect, use and disseminate scientific information. This has led to increased demand for access to such information. Open Access [...] Related posts:

The Cost of Knowledge Researchers taking a stand against Elsevier.

Jane — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:01:50 +0000

Around the world, academics are protesting against Elsevier’s business practices: Check out this page: http://thecostofknowledge.com/ nuff said… Related posts:Re-imagining Research Relationships – Co-creating Knowledge in a Democratic Society Common Knowledge New from JISC: How to build a case for university policies and practices in support of Open Access Related posts: