Open Access news

Two excellent articles about Open Access and the future of scientific publishing appeared today: The irony of a web without science by James Boyle in Financial Times, and Next-Generation Implications of Open Access by Paul Ginsparg in CTWatch. Obligatory Readings of the Day.

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