Mandating sustainability. Would Elsevier survive?
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"Comment: if universities are considering mandates and economic sustainability for scholarly publishing, why not include a mandate supporting economically sustainable publications / publishers? For example, why not direct tenure and promotion committees to give added weight to affordable / open access publishing choices, if an author indicates that they have rejected high cost / poor access choices? Would Elsevier survive such a mandate? ..."