Jemima Kiss, Open access is on the way, dotJournalism, August 12, 2004. Excerpt: "Open access publishing will become the most predominant model for scientific research within the next five years, according to Jan Velterop, publisher and director of open access site BioMed Central....[Elsevier] has been criticised for the significant wealth created by its journals, which account for around 35 per cent of the company's profits. Critics claim that academic journals cost higher education in the UK around £76 million every year, and that these subscriptions create barriers for the spread of information and research which is often publicly funded. Speaking to dotJournalism, Mr Velterop said that traditional publishers do not react quickly enough to developments in the publishing industry. 'Life has been too cosy for too long for these traditional publishers,' he said. 'There is no reason why publishers should be guardians of this knowledge, especially when it is funded by public money.' "
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/12/2004 08:00:00 AM.
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.
