Academic publishing: Open sesame

When research is funded by the taxpayer or by charities, the results should be available to all without charge....

http://www.economist.com/node/21552574

Harvard University: Faculty Advisory Council Memorandum on Journal Pricing

Major Periodical Subscriptions Cannot Be Sustained

We write to communicate an untenable situation facing the Harvard Library. Many large journal publishers have made the scholarly communication environment fiscally unsustainable and academically restrictive. This situation is exacerbated by efforts of certain publishers (called “providers”) to acquire, bundle, and increase the pricing on journals.

Read more at: http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup143448

An Open Letter to Academic Publishers About Open Access

Article from the Chronicle of Higher Education: http://proxy.cc.uic.edu/login?url=http://chronicle.com/article/Hot-Type-An-Open-Letter-to/131397/

Linking and lightening: New partnership connects and reveals dark data

• BioMed Central and LabArchives partnership ensures that valuable datasets are made publically available and linked to journal articles

• Authors granted enhanced access to Electronic Laboratory Notebook software

See more.......http://www.biomedcentral.com/presscenter/pressreleases/20120404