Harvard recommends eschewing journals with subscription fees (Guardian article)

[Giovanni Lostumbo]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/24/harvard-university-journal-publishers-prices
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup143448

[Ashley Heath]

And Harvard has an endowment of over $30 billion. Spend a little of that on journals maybe??

On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 3:56:47 PM UTC-5, Giovanni Lostumbo wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/24/harvard-university-journal-publishers-prices
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&tabgroupid=icb.tabgroup143448

[John Griessen]

On 04/26/2012 09:41 AM, Ashley Heath wrote:
> Harvard has an endowment of over $30 billion. Spend a little of that on journals maybe??

They are, if you read the article. They are starting a campaign to have their researchers
publish openly, which probably will include fees to publish in advance of publication, then
no fee forever after for access. They sounded like they might start a movement similar in
cachet to "going green", since it is for the betterment of society. They've openly spoken
out that it's not just a library budget issue.

[David Murphy]

"And Harvard has an endowment of over $30 billion. Spend a little of that on journals maybe??"

???

I think you may have missed the point.

paywalled science is bad for everyone.

it slows the dissemination of knowledge and as such the progress of science.

It's a good thing that harvard is taking a stand against it.
of course they could afford to pay but why should they?

Smaller poorer institutions probably couldn't do this as it would be assumed they're doing it for povertys sake but harvard can.

Journals have become little more than parasites, putting little money back into science, getting reviewers for free, not doing any real editing themselves and then taking the cash and running.

they're the prada handbags of research.

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[Ashley Heath]

Good!

[Giovanni Lostumbo]

Additional news:
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/jimmy-wales-backs-academic-research-free-76101
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/01/wikipedia-research-jimmy-wales-online?newsfeed=true