On October 23 the University of Adelaide finally joined the other Group of Eight universities in launching its own press. ...
The Australian National University e-press provided the best example for Adelaide University's new venture: maximum exposure of its own scholars' monographs, leading to more citations and therefore more recognition by research funding bodies. So the ANU model, offering free access to its publications in their entirety online, and the option to purchase texts through a print-on-demand service, was adopted. Despite the unorthodoxy of giving away something valuable in a capitalist society, it makes sense when the goals are so clear. ...
With six re-editions already available, and more than a dozen titles in the pipeline from areas including law, French, electronic engineering, neurosurgery, history, politics, geography and vascular surgery, UAP has made an impressive debut, unhampered by difficult economic times, because its products are free. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 11/11/2009 04:07:00 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.
