Harvard University wants scientists to make their research open access and resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls
Harvard University says it can't afford journal publishers prices
Harvard University wants scientists to make their research open access and resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls. Exasperated by rising subscription costs charged by academic publishers, Harvard University has encouraged its faculty members to make their research freely available through open access journals and to resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls.
A memo from Harvard Library to the university's 2,100 teaching and research staff called for action after warning it could no longer afford the price hikes imposed by many large journal publishers, which bill the library around $3.5m a year.
A memo from Harvard's faculty advisory council said major scientific publishers had made scholarly communication 'fiscally unsustainable'.
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