Elsevier Boycott Not a Petition, But “A Declaration of Independence”

A welcome -- if somewhat hyperbolic -- article on the Elsevier boycott from Wired. 

Academics boycott journal publisher

To publish or not to publish?  That is the question medical and science academics are asking after 6000 of their colleagues boycotted one of the world's largest publishers.

They say Dutch-based publisher Elsevier is ripping off the taxpayer through "extortionate" access fees. But others say they don't know what all the fuss is about.

Academics join world fight against publisher

AUSTRALIAN academics have joined thousands of their international peers pledging to boycott the world's largest publisher of academic journals, Elsevier.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/academics-join-world-fight-against-publisher-20120220-1tjk6.html#ixzz1nGh2Ya00      

Grasping at straws

Grasping at straws

"Last week, “Inside Higher Ed” ran an article about the release by the White House of all the commentssubmitted to the Office of Science and Technology Policy in response to their request for information about public access to federally-funded research.  I was gratified to see that they chose to quote from the comments submitted by the Duke University Libraries.  But I was also appalled when I read the quote from comments submitted by the publisher Wiley Blackwell in response to the question about appropriate embargo periods for public access.  The Wiley official wrote that “Any embargo period is a dramatic shortening of the period of copyright protection afforded all publishers.”

Scholarly Publishing Needs a New Model: iTunes

"There has been extensive coverage recently about the Research Works Act in the United States, a boycott of Elsevier for its publishing and subscription practices, and subsequent discussions about more-open access to scholarly work. This includes a recent article in The Chronicle ("Who Gets to See Published Research?," January 22). " Chronicle

The Dangerous “Research Works Act”

"Poorly thought-through copyright bills seem to be popular in Congress these days.  Congress is currently considering a bill called “The Research Works Act”, whose purpose is to restrict public access to publicly-funded research. The bill is sponsored by large academic publishers who are keen to keep all research, including publicly-funded research, behind paywalls in perpetuity."techcrunch.com

Open access journals: are we asking the right questions?

" The academic publisher Elsevier is being boycotted by the online HE community due to the prohibitive costs of its journals. But is an open access model the right solution, asks Martin Paul Eve."  Guardian

Academic publisher Elsevier hit with growing boycott

CBC"To publish or not to publish? That is the question medical and science academics are asking after 6,000 of their colleagues boycotted one of the world's largest publishers."

The Cost of Knowledge Versus Elsevier: 5,600 Signatures and Growing

The Cost of Knowledge Versus Elsevier: 5,600 Signatures and Growing

Boycott Elsevier: Does your institution invest in them?

Boycotting Elsevier -- a perspective from the UK.To Boycott or Not to Boycott...That is the Question.

Journals maintain scholastic monopoly - Purdue Exponent: Campus: commercial research journals, purdue libraries,

Journals maintain scholastic monopoly - Purdue Exponent: Campus: commercial research journals, purdue libraries,: This academic year, Purdue paid $10 million for digital copies of research articles used within its libraries, and some researchers are...

Monopoly on research publishing is unethical

Purdue faculty"The Purdue professors and researchers who signed the petition to stop using Elsevier did the right thing." 

Monopoly?

"Elsevier is a publisher which now owns the rights to most academic journals."