Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
British Academy Elects a Full Slate of New Fellows
The British Academy last week elected a full slate of distinguished UK academics from 19 universities as fellows for 2014. The 42 […]
Nigel Vincent reflects on the Open Access monograph challenge
Monographs are an intrinsically important mode of academic production and must not be sacrificed on the altar of open access, argues Nigel Vincent in Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy.
Ziyad Marar on the Creation of Scholarly Knowledge in the Digital Age
Open movements focus on the consumption of information but neglect to focus on its mode of production, writes Ziyad Marar in Debating […]
Martin Paul Eve considers how OA might influence quality control
Open Access (OA) is not about abandoning peer review but it does provide the opportunity to rethink its role and our methods, […]
Stephen Curry explores dimensions of open access
The issue of OA is technically, culturally and politically complex and deserves careful engagement by all scholars, writes Stephen Curry in Debating Open […]
Chris Wickham Considers OA in the UK and International Environment
In his chapter for Debating Open Access, a new publication from the British Academy, Chris Wickham considers the view from Humanities and […]
Robin Osborne on why open access makes no sense
Academic research is different in kind from industrial contract research where the funder determines the activity and therefore is entitled to decide […]
Stuart M. Shieber discusses ecumenical open access and the Finch report principles
The principles underlying the Finch report – access, usability, quality, cost and sustainability – are broadly to be commended, writes Stuart M. […]
