More higher ed, library groups speak out in support of Lingua editors | 2015 | Inside Higher Ed

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Summary:

"More library and higher education groups on Thursday threw their support behind the editors of the linguistics journal Lingua, upping the pressure on publisher Elsevier. Lingua’s editors and editorial board members last month resigned en masse from the journal to protest Elsevier’s policies on pricing and open access. Since then, what started as a dispute between a journal and its publisher has grown into a wide-ranging debate about the sustainability of publishing, open access and ownership of intellectual property. The debate expanded again on Thursday as the Association of Research Libraries said it supported the Lingua editors. In a statement, the organization said the departing editors' new journal, Glossa, will make it easier for researchers to fund and share their work ..."

Link:

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/13/more-higher-ed-library-groups-speak-out-support-lingua-editors

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oa.new oa.comment oa.elsevier oa.publishers oa.business_models oa.prices oa.economics_of oa.resignations oa.linguistics oa.declarations_of_independence oa.ssh

Date tagged:

11/14/2015, 08:23

Date published:

11/14/2015, 01:01