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Article about open access journal pubishing

Submitted by richardcadler on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 09:02
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http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0020961

Abstract: Open Access (OA) is a model for publishing scholarly peer reviewed journals, made possible by the Internet. The full text of OA journals and articles can be freely read, as the publishing is funded through means other than subscriptions. Empirical research concerning the quantitative development of OA publishing has so far consisted of scattered individual studies providing brief snapshots, using varying methods and data sources. This study adopts a systematic method for studying the development of OA journals from their beginnings in the early 1990s until 2009.

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Jane Friedman on the future of publishing

Submitted by richardcadler on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 08:42
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http://christinakatz.com/an-interview-with-jane-friedman-about-the-futur...

This is a smart interview in many ways, but this exchange I think is especially prescient. For good or ill, I agree with O'Reilly on what the future of the 'publisher' will look like:

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Academic publishers sue George State University

Submitted by richardcadler on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 08:12
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Two articles about a lawsuit launched against Georgia State University by academic publishers, from Copyright Librarian and Duke University:

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An academic copyright rebellion

Submitted by richardcadler on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 08:59
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http://chronicle.com/article/The-Copyright-Rebellion/127719/?sid=wc&utm_...

Links to Chronicle of Higher Ed articles about scholars fighting with academic publishers for better access to their own and others' scholarship.

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Red Lemonade / Cursor, a new attempt at social publishing

Submitted by richardcadler on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 06:33
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http://redlemona.de/

Richard Nash, formerly the head of the small press Soft Skull, has launched a new project called Cursor, which he intends to be a platform for independent presses. To test the concept, Nash has launched his own Cursor-driven small press, Red Lemonade which he describes here and also on his blog:

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Academic publishers sue over universities' use of e-reserves

Submitted by richardcadler on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 07:03
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110523/00552614397/academic-publisher...

"...Cambridge, Oxford, & Sage publishers are filing against Georgia State University and asking the court to issue one of the all-time-detrimental-to-education injunctions in the modern era," in regard to the use of e-reserves for courses.

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Getting a price on ebooks

Submitted by richardcadler on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 06:59
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http://www.teleread.com/paul-biba/the-cost-of-ebooks-revisited/

Three authors try to nail down the cost of ebooks:

1) David Gaughran offers some numbers on the per unit cost and total sales of print and ebooks.

2) PC World notes a price war going on in the ebook space, spurred on by smaller presses taking advantage of Amazon services.

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Hathitrust takes on the orphan works problem

Submitted by richardcadler on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 07:33
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http://www.lib.umich.edu/marketing-and-communications/news/mlibrary-laun...

This could turn out to be a very good thing:

"The University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office is launching the first serious effort to identify orphan works among the in-copyright holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library, which is funding the project."

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The importance of open access science

Submitted by richardcadler on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 06:21
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http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/18/david-dobbs-on-the-i.html?utm_sourc...

A strong article on behalf of open-access science which got a mention on BoingBoing. It starts with the story of biologist Jonathan Eisen, who is trying to foster the reputation of his late father's scientific research by posting it online, but is hampered at every step by the existing, closed world of scientific publishing:

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