Industry

Chris Wickham Considers OA in the UK and International Environment
Public Policy
July 3, 2013

Chris Wickham Considers OA in the UK and International Environment

Read Now
Robin Osborne on why open access makes no sense
Open Access
July 3, 2013

Robin Osborne on why open access makes no sense

Read Now
Stuart M. Shieber discusses ecumenical open access and the Finch report principles
Open Access
July 2, 2013

Stuart M. Shieber discusses ecumenical open access and the Finch report principles

Read Now
Rita Gardner reflects on open access and learned societies
Open Access
July 2, 2013

Rita Gardner reflects on open access and learned societies

Read Now
Debating Open Access

Debating Open Access

The furious controversies of last year following the announcement of the new Research Councils UK policies on open access may have quietened down, but there remain many practical problems.

Read Now
Who Really, Really Wants Open Access?

Who Really, Really Wants Open Access?

There is broad agreement is the desirability of wider access by readers to scholarly journal articles. There is less agreement on who these imagined readers might be.

Read Now
Open Access increases citation? A brief overview of two reports

Open Access increases citation? A brief overview of two reports

A comparison of two studies on the coverage and range of citations in Open Access, comparing OA and non-OA journals.

Read Now
Open Access and the Privatisation of Knowledge

Open Access and the Privatisation of Knowledge

Is OA the flip side to privatisation of Higher Education? Is there a way in which OA is a means of justifying the economic inaccessibility of HE by providing a public good?

Read Now
How Useful are E-Readers for Academic Reading, Really?

How Useful are E-Readers for Academic Reading, Really?

E-readers are now commonplace. But how useful are e-readers as a replacement for printed academic books and journal articles?

Read Now
OA and the UK Humanities & Social Sciences

OA and the UK Humanities & Social Sciences

The opportunity for H&SS to reach much wider audiences who appreciate the value of their work generally, and to reach those specific people who will make important use of it is enormous.

Read Now
And Then There Were No Books

And Then There Were No Books

When the customs agent started to smile, I knew that things would go badly indeed. He told me that my books would not be allowed into the country, unless I paid a fine of 50 per cent of their current price (a lot of money, and more than I could possibly afford).

Read Now
OA and the Man from Del Monte…

OA and the Man from Del Monte…

Older readers may recall a series of advertisements on UK TV in the 1980s, featuring the Man from Del Monte. The international […]

Read Now
[mailpoet_form id="1"]