Albert Foer, Can Antitrust Save Academic Publishing? American Antitrust Institute, June 28, 2004. A presentation at the ALA meeting in Orlando. Excerpt: "In thinking about the present state of academic publishing, four observations seem to be of particular pertinence. First, the industry has been marked by a large number of mergers, leading it to become more and more concentrated. Second, prices for academic publications have been advancing far faster than in the economy generally. Third, the Internet has revolutionized the ways in which academic information is being
disseminated. And fourth, a new practice of so-called Big Deal Bundling has emerged as a way of sheltering some publishers from the 'storm of creative destruction' threatened by the Internet."
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/23/2004 07:31:00 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.
