The view from Germany Germany was one of the first countries to adopt an organized approach to Open Access. In 2016 it set up Projekt DEAL to negotiate Read & Publish agreements with publishers. In our second post to celebrate Open Access Week, Dr Gernot Deinzer reviews the successes and challenges of the OA movementContinueContinue reading “Exploring Scholarly Publishing: The Complex Journey Towards Open Access”
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Open Access: the triumphs, tragedies and tribulations – an Open Access retrospective
The view from the UK It is more than 30 years since Stevan Harnad began his first “experiment” with the concept of OA, though of course the movement has gained much greater momentum over the past decade. Open Access week takes place between 21st and 25th October this year. To celebrate – and ever mindfulContinueContinue reading “Open Access: the triumphs, tragedies and tribulations – an Open Access retrospective”
Academic Book Trade Conference 2018
For the second year running, the Academic Book Trade Conference (ABT) was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon; also for the second year running the BA chose two gloriously sunny days. The conference took place on Thursday and Friday, 10th and 11th of May. This year’s conference theme was TheContinueContinue reading “Academic Book Trade Conference 2018”
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