Hardin Scholarly Communication News

This abstract is free online: ‘BioMed Central, an independent publisher, and PubMed Central, the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s digital archive of life sciences journal literature, have formed a partnership to provide secure open access to the full text of peer-reviewed scientific journals. BioMed Central’s model of pay-to-publish vs. subscription is controversial, but offers promise in a movement away from expensive institutional subscriptions, copyright release, and restricted access. Librarians can contribute to this Open Access movement by becoming educated on the issues and by advocating for change at their institutions.’ [Mary Youngkin, “ Access Marries Archive: BioMed Central/PubMed Central: An Open Access Partnership”, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, November 23, 2004.]
Posted by Peter Suber at 7:38 AM. Open Access News, Nov. 24, 2004
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