Post Tagged with: "open access"

Elsevier Withdraws Support for Research Works Act

Elsevier, which has faced enormous online protests over its support for the Research Works Act, has withdrawn its support for the U.S. bill.

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February 28, 2012 Comments are Disabled News

The Academic Spring

The Economist reports on the growing boycott of Elsevier by thousands of academics over open access issues.

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February 3, 2012 1 comment News

Elsevier Publishing Boycott Gathers Steam Among Academics

Over 2,000 academics have joined a boycott against Elsevier Publishing, one of the world’s largest academic publishers, over its support of an anti-open access bill.

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January 31, 2012 2 comments News

Copyright and Open Access at the Bedside

The New England Journal of Medicine features an article on copyright overreach as a cognitive screening test faces copyright infringement claims and a longstanding test disappears from textbooks, websites, and clinical tool kits.

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January 3, 2012 Comments are Disabled News

Statscan To Make All Online Data Free

Big news on the open government front where Embassy is reporting that Statistics Canada will make all of its online data free starting early next year.

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November 25, 2011 Comments are Disabled News