Colleagues
A new book, documenting the major strands and issues of open access,
will be published 17th July.
Jacobs, N., Eds. (2006) Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and
Economic Aspects. Chandos
It covers the rationale, history, economics, technology and culture of
open access, views from major stakeholders, updates from around the
world, and visions of the future. The following authors have contributed:
Alma Swan, Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Jean-Claude Guédon, Andrew Odlyzko,
Michael Kurtz, Tim Brody, Chris Awre, Stevan Harnad, Arthur Sale, Robert
Terry, Robert Kiley, Matthew Cockerill, Mary Waltham, Colin Steele, Leo
Waaijers, Peter Suber, Frederick J. Friend, John Shipp, D. K. Sahu,
Ramesh C. Parmar, Clifford Lynch, Nigel Shadbolt and Les Carr.
Many of the chapters are, of course, available open access on the web.
Further details of the book available at:
http://www.chandospublishing.com/catalogue/record_detail.php?recordID=103
To pre-order a copy, please contact:
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Best wishes
Neil
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Neil Jacobs <n.jacobs_at_jisc.ac.uk>
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