Ever wondered how academic journals change hands? I recently had a revealing conversation with a company specializing in journal acquisitions. Here’s what I learned about the ’empire’ they’re building and what it suggests for the responsibility of academic societies in the commercial takeover of scholarly communication.
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Anunciamos el relanzamiento de Psicológica, la revista de la Sociedad Española de Psicología Experimental (SEPEX), como revista de acceso abierto diamante que publicará sus artículos exclusivamente en DIGITAL.CSIC, el repositorio institucional del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).
We announce the relaunch of Psicológica, the journal of the Spanish Society for Experimental Psychology (SEPEX), as a Diamond Open Access journal published exclusively on DIGITAL.CSIC, the institutional repository of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).
Being a big fan of Douglas Adams and his historical pentalogy, I always wanted to give a talk or write an article with this title. The opportunity arose last week after an invitation to give a talk at the psychology department of NYU. Here are the slides and a video of the talk.
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Last week, researchers at the University of Granada received an email from the director of the University Library, announcing a new agreement with the publishers Elsevier and Wiley. Here I comment on some of the consequences of these deals, called “transformative agreements”, which are important to understand before deciding whether to use this new “service for researchers”.
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La semana pasada, los investigadores de la Universidad de Granada recibieron un correo electrónico de la directora de la Biblioteca Universitaria, anunciando un nuevo acuerdo con las editoriales Elsevier y Wiley. Aquí comento algunas de las consecuencias de estos acuerdos, llamados “acuerdos transformadores”, que son importantes a la hora de valorar este nuevo “servicio para los investigadores”.
¿Qué son los “transformative agreements” y qué necesitamos saber antes de utilizarlos? Read More »