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Hello all,<br>
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You may be interested in the latest Unlocking Research blog:
'Half-life is half the story'
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=331">https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=331</a><br>
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<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color:
rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This week the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.stm-assoc.org/events/frankfurt-conference-2015/"
target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(188,
54, 10); text-decoration: none;">STM Frankfurt Conference</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was told that a shift away
from gold Open Access towards green would mean some publishers
would not be ‘viable’ according to a story in<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/green-oa-will-hit-publishers-314667"
target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(188,
54, 10); text-decoration: none;"><em style="box-sizing:
border-box;">The Bookseller</em></a>. The argument was that
support for green OA in the US and China would mean some
publishers will collapse and the community will ‘regret it’.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color:
rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px;
orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It is not surprising that
the publishing industry is worried about a move away from gold OA
policies. They have proved extraordinarily lucrative in the UK
with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/publishers-share-10m-in-apc-payments/2019685.article"
target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(188,
54, 10); text-decoration: none;">Wiley and Elsevier each
pocketing an extra £2 million</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>thanks to the RCUK block
grant funds to support the<a
href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/openaccess/"
target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(188,
54, 10); text-decoration: none;"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RCUK policy on Open
Access</a>.</p>
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; color:
rgb(20, 20, 18); font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px;
orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">But let’s get something
straight. There is<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong
style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">no evidence
that permitting researchers to make a copy of their work
available in a repository results in journal subscriptions being
cancelled</strong>. None.</p>
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Dr Danny Kingsley
Head of Scholarly Communications
Cambridge University Library
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