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November 02, 2007

Open Access, But Who Really Pays?

"Open Access, But Who Really Pays?" notes that nothing is free, and that open source scholarly journals will be successful only if a successful business model is developed to accompany the movement. Submitted by Gene D. Sprouse (Editor-in-Chief of the American Physical Society) and H. Frederick Dylla (Executive Director and CEO of the American Institute of Physics), this opinion piece was published in the online edition of The Harvard Crimson on October 12, 2007. The piece was sent as a response to a Crimson staff editorial that was previously published on October 2 entitled "All for Open Access."

The debate goes on...

--Posted by Kay Mann

Posted by colldev at November 2, 2007 04:50 PM