For those of us in the OA community, some whiplash-inducing news broke earlier this week: Elsevier acquired bepress. I learned about the purchase from a listserv email, pointing to a blog post. My initial reaction was that surely this must be the fake news we're hearing about these days, since I hadn't seen any press releases from bepress or Elsevier, and such a partnership … [Read more...]
New York Times and Open Access
I was dismayed when The New York Times put up a paywall around its online content back in 2011. I get why they did it, but I was accustomed to getting their great content without the need for a credit card, username, and password. Living in central Pennsylvania, it's impossible to get home delivery (and trust me, I've tried). Several local stores and gas stations carry a … [Read more...]
International Open Access Week 2016
Happy International Open Access Week 2016! What is Open Access? Peter Suber, a leading voice in the OA movement, describes Open Access scholarship as "digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder. OA is entirely compatible with peer review, and … [Read more...]