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Industry Round-upIndustry Round-up is a feature of SPARC’s bi-monthly enews. To subscribe to enews and to read more industry news, visit the SPARC enews page. Some commentary is excerpted from the Open Access News Blog, authored by Peter Suber.
July 15, 2008
Online 'open textbooks' save students cash USA TODAY, July 10-As textbook prices skyrocket, college students and faculty seeking more affordable options increasingly are turning to "open textbooks" as an alternative.
June 25, 2008
Univ. of Calgary Is First in Canada To Establish Open Access “Authors Fund” Library Journal Academic Newswire, June 24
May 30, 2008
Publish AND Perish? Protecting Your Copyrights From Your Publisher [PDF] By Jonathan Band. From the American Society for Cell Biology Newsletter (May 2008). |