Academic Libraries "Texas A&M Libraries Promote Use of Open Access Journals"
From The Battalion Online (Texas A&M University):
In addition to requiring that authors transfer all their copyrights away, publishers collect heavy tolls from high prices on textbooks and journal subscriptions, said outreach librarian Gail Clement with Texas A&M University Libraries.
Clement said that the $1 per year increase in the library student fee just covers inflation on journal and database subscriptions.
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“The author wins by seeing his or her work disseminated far more widely than possible under traditional publishing methods,” Clement said.
“The reader wins by gaining access to the latest research, much of which they have already paid for through their tax dollars.”In addition to requiring that authors transfer all their copyrights away, publishers collect heavy tolls from high prices on textbooks and journal subscriptions, said outreach librarian Gail Clement with Texas A&M University Libraries.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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