I have written previously about the need for open access in education. I have come across recently a like-minded group in SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). They have sponsored a student-prepared pamphlet calling for open access to research sources. In this pamphlet they highlight that some Elsevier journals cost in excess of USD 20,000 for a subscription. Elsevier is the company which was implicated in the cash for publication scandal.
This pamphlet makes a convincing case for a total rethink on how research is disseminated and highlights the damage which is being done by the current for-profit publication regime.
This pamphlet makes a convincing case for a total rethink on how research is disseminated and highlights the damage which is being done by the current for-profit publication regime.
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