The Georgia State University Library has created a website Issues in Scholarly Communication, which includes a news blog, a section of internet resources, links to papers on scholarly publishing economics and journal cost-effectiveness studies, a discussion of open access, and information on library initiatives and how individuals can participate. Unfortunately some of the links are restricted to GSU affiliates. Nevertheless, it's an impressive collection of resources and bibliography, thorough and quite up-to-date. I like that GSU references the late Henry Barschall's studies of journal prices which pointed out the considerable cost differential between society and commercial publishers and raised the litigious ire of Gordon and Breach.
Posted by
Garrett at 2/05/2004 05:54:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
