What's wrong with this picture? Thanks to Kevin Michael Clair for his good review of my book in the ...
Current Berkman People and Projects 2013-04-22
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What's wrong with this picture?Thanks to Kevin Michael Clair for his good review of my book in the January 2013 issue of the Journal of Academic Librarianship: "In his latest book, Suber lays out in succinct and engaging fashion the primary reasons why the major players in the scholarly communications space should consider open access in their publishing, peer-reviewing, and library acquisitions work....For libraries just making inroads into the open access world, Open Access is an essential introduction to the topic. For academic librarians who have been working in the scholarly communications space and are familiar with its content, the value of Open Access lies in the concise way in which Suber outlines all of the reasons why the OA movement exists, and how researchers, librarians, and their reading audience can continue to work in order to advance its cause. Open Access is an essential addition to the libraries of anyone interested in the future of scholarly publishing in all of its forms."http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2012.11.017Also see my book home page with a growing collection of (OA) updates and supplements. The book itself will become OA in two months.http://bit.ly/oa-book I thank Elsevier for publishing this positive review of a book in which Elsevier itself takes some hits. Note, however, that for the 47,000-word paperback book, MIT Press charges $12.95. For access to the 520-word digital review, Elsevier charges $41.95. What's wrong with this picture?#oa #openaccess
