LSU Takes Disagreement with Elsevier to Court
Louisiana State University (LSU) takes Elsevier to court in an attempt to settle a disagreement with the publisher about its $1.64 million contract.
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LSU Sues Elsevier for Breach of Contract
Louisiana State University (LSU) filed a lawsuit on February 27, 2017, against international science publisher Elsevier B.V. for breach of contract resulting from the publisher’s exclusion of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine from accessing content licensed by the LSU Libraries.
Why Isn't There More Scientific Literature?
Contributing to science is no easy endeavor.
Opening the Vault of Journal Subscription and Open Access Expenditures
For years, there was no overview of what the total amount being paid for journal subscriptions was per institute or on a national level.
Anticipated Effects of an Open Access Policy at a Private Foundation
Evaluating the impact of the Moore Foundation Open Access new policy.
Moore Foundation Rolls out New Open Access Policy
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation recently announced a new Open Access Policy that will help to maximize the impact of research.
The Evolution of Scholarly Access and Sharing
A webinar on how to access and engage with content and the importance of open access to scholarly research communication.
Movement in Latin America
Learn about the open access publishing model in Latin America which helps disseminate scientific knowledge without restrictions.
OA2020.org Initiative
An international initiative that aims to induce the swift, smooth and scholarly-oriented transformation of today’s scholarly journals from subscription to open access publishing.
It's Time for a European Open Access Platform
Making the case for a European Open Access Platform.
Looking Into The Content Of Sci-Hub And Its Usage
Sci-Hub is used by different populations and for a number of different reasons and that there is still a lack of access to the published scientific record.
Institute Announces New Open Access Policy for All MIT Authors
Optional license allows students, researchers, and staff to make scholarly articles freely available.
Unpaywall Scours the Web for Free Versions of Scientific Papers
The science publishing world is a complex one, but the pendulum is currently swinging away from the paywalled mega-journals of the last decade to a more open model.
Green Is Not the New Gold: Beware of False Models for Open Access
Column by Maria Leptin, Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Unpaywall Finds Free Versions of Paywalled Papers
New tool joins a growing collection of software for accessing fee-for-view scientific literature.
Unpaywall.org
Read paywalled research papers for free. It's fast, free, and legal, powered by a database of millions of author-uploaded PDFs.
OpenScienceDB.com
Open Science DB is a grassroots movement led by graduate students in science who aspire to make scientific research more accessible to the public.
European Commission Considering Leap into Open-Access Publishing
Commission may follow Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation in establishing a rapid-publication platform.
The Importance of School Libraries in the Google Age
We continue to hear about the lack of trained library staff in schools, despite ongoing research indicating that the presence of teacher librarians leads to improved learning outcomes. Kay Oddone highlights the many benefits teacher librarians can bring to the wider school, and why their role is integral to the learning of both students and staff.
Charity Open Access Fund spend 2015-2016
Wellcome Trust annual analysis of the Charity Open Access Fund spend.
How Elsevier Plans to Sabotage Open Access
A recently revealed contract between Elsevier and the Dutch research institutes lays bare the retardant tactics the publishing giant employs to stifle the growth of open access.
Unpaywall.org
Get full-text of research papers as you browse, using Unpaywall's index of ten million legal, open-access articles.
The Findings of Medical Research Are Disseminated Too Slowly
Papers reporting Gates-sponsored research cannot be charged for.
Leaked Elsevier Contract Reveals Pushback
On the day of the hearing between Elsevier and the Dutch universities ScienceGuide has uncovered the contract which publicity was the centre of the dispute. The open access paragraph in the contract reveals how Elsevier plans to fight open access every step of the way.
What Happens to Libraries and Librarians When Machines Can Read All the Books?
What Happens to Libraries and Librarians When Machines Can Read All the Books?
Revised text of a talk given by the Director of Libraries at MIT.
White Paper Calls for 21st Century Solution to Serials Crisis
Democratization of journal publishing: the key to lowering journal costs and facilitating Open Access.
Access, Ethics and Piracy
The efficacy and ethics of piracy, placing ‘guerrilla open access’ within a longer history of piracy and access to knowledge.
Open Access Can Never Be Bad News
Several of us responded with enthusiasm to the recent news that The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened up their digitised collections.
Using GRID to Discover and Analyse Global Research Trends
Using GRID to Discover and Analyse Global Research Trends
Report highlighting the need for a reference database of research organisations.
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