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- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:14:14 -0400 (EDT)
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JOURNALS: ACADEMIC RESEARCH JOURNALS :
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If Harvard Cant Afford Academic Journal Subscriptions,
Maybe Its Time for an Open Access Model
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If Harvard Cant Afford Academic Journal Subscriptions,
Maybe Its Time for an Open Access Model
By Keith Wagstaff
April 26, 2012
Time Techland
http://techland.time.com/2012/04/26/if-harvard-cant-afford-
academic-journal-subscriptions-maybe-its-time-for-an-open-access-model/
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/cteka4d
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Last week, Harvards Faculty Advisory Council revealed that the school now
spends $3.75 million annually on academic journal subscriptions. Why so
much? According to a memo the council sent out, some journals cost the
school up to $40,000 every year, with the two top publishers increasing
the price of content 145% over the last six years.
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This is troubling for a number of reasons. First, in an age where the
public can browse nearly 4 million articles for free on Wikipedia, a
curious person looking to read up on the latest scientific research can
expect to spend nearly $30 to $40 for a single paper from publishers such
as Elsevier and Springer.
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While it would be nice if academic journals were affordable for the
general public, they are an absolute necessity for university faculty and
graduate students. Like your cable provider, publishers often sell content
in huge bundles, packing in less desirable content with the good stuff and
raising the price.
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Its not like publishers are hurting for cash, either, according to the
memo:
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Even though scholarly output continues to grow and publishing can be
expensive, profit margins of 35% and more suggest that the prices we must
pay do not solely result from an increasing supply of new articles
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One possible solution posited by Harvard to its academics:
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Consider submitting articles to open-access journals, or to ones that have
reasonable, sustainable subscription costs; move prestige to open access.
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Traditional academic journals certainly have their place. But if they
continue their monopolistic business practices, eventually academics are
going to look elsewhere. Open access journals increasingly outfitted with
inventive new ways to search and interact with content are looking more
and more attractive. The commercial sector has already embraced the
promise of the Internet; its time for academia to do the same.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
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