Thursday, February 9, 2012

New bill in Congress would EXPAND federal public access policies!

from it is NOT junk [blog], by Micheal Eisen, February 9, 2012

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

As Scholarship Goes Digital, Academics Seek New Ways to Measure Their Impact

from the Chronicle of Higher Education, by Jennifer Howard, February 1, 2012

As Journal Boycott Grows, Elsevier Defends Its Practices

from the Chronicle of Higher Education, by Josh Fischman, February 1, 2012

As scholars undertake a great migration to online publishing, altmetrics stands to provide an academic measurement of twitter and other online activity

from The London School of Economics and Political Science [Blog], by Jason Priem, November 21, 2011

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Research Bought, Then Paid For

from the New York Times, by Micheal Eisen, January 10, 2012

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

H.R.3699 -- Research Works Act

from 112th CONGRESS, 1st Session, H. R. 3699, Sponsor: Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49]

Elsevier-funded NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Wants to Deny Americans Access to Taxpayer Funded Research

from it is NOT junk [blog] by Micheal Eisen, January 5, 2012

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Independent Bookstores Are Not Doomed: Here’s how they can fight back against Amazon

from Slate, by Farhad Manjoo, December 21, 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Making Science Leap From the Page

from the New York Times, by Anne Eisenberg, December 17, 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011

Far from killing off the book, the digital age is proving a boon to innovative publishers and authors

from the Guardian (UK), by William Skidelsky, December 17, 2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011

The 25 Most Beautiful College Libraries in the World

from Flavorwire, by Emily Temple, December 13, 2011

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Amazon’s Jungle Logic

from the New York Times, by Richard Russo, December 12, 2011

Friday, December 2, 2011

British Library Group Sticks With Elsevier and Wiley-Blackwell

from the Chronicle of Higher Education, by Jennifer Howard, December 1, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Cambridge U. Press Would Like to Rent You an Article

from the Chronicle of Higher Education, by Jennifer Howard, November 30, 2011

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Do you own your library?

from the Chronicle of Higher Education, by Brian Mathews, November 29, 2011