Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University speaks out on Elsevier and Open Access » MobyLives

abernard102@gmail.com 2014-05-02

Summary:

"One of the most significant indications that academic publishing is a broken system is the fact that, periodically, major institutions and academics—secure and well-funded and with nothing in particular to gain from it—corroborate that it is really and truly a broken system. Not only in the context of deliberate, principled stands like British mathematician Timothy Gowers’ Cost of Knowledge boycott, but also casually, as a fact of academic life. The latest example of this came in remarks by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge Leszek Borysiewicz in a Q&A at the Cambridge Students Union on Monday. Prompted by a question that came in on Twitter from Open Access advocate Michelle Brook about journal prices, Borysiewicz gave a long and revealing response about the state of Open Access and academic publishing at the moment. There are eye-opening sentences in Borysiewicz’s response, which bioscientist Richard Taylor (who posed the question of Brook’s behalf) has transcribed and posted on his website, and there are less flashy but equally crucial insights. Borysiewicz is candid about his feelings on Elsevier ..."

Link:

http://www.mhpbooks.com/vice-chancellor-of-cambridge-university-speaks-out-on-elsevier-and-open-access/

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Tags:

oa.impact oa.prestige oa.signatures oa.petitions oa.boycotts oa.cost_of_knowledge oa.universities oa.uk oa.librarians oa.libraries oa.russell_group oa.profits oa.prices oa.business_models oa.publishers oa.elsevier oa.comment oa.new ru.sparc oa.hei

Date tagged:

05/02/2014, 11:34

Date published:

05/02/2014, 01:20