10,000
Posted by Tom Leinster
Ten thousand people have joined The Cost of Knowledge boycott.
Posted at April 23, 2012 4:10 AM UTCTen thousand people have joined The Cost of Knowledge boycott.
Posted at April 23, 2012 4:10 AM UTCTrackBack URL for this Entry: https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/cgi-bin/MT-3.0/dxy-tb.fcgi/2519
There is another article in Le Monde:
http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2012/04/25/harvard-rejoint-les-universitaires-pour-un-boycott-des-editeurs_1691125_1650684.html
Thanks, Tim. Since you mention it here, I’ll repeat my post from Math 2.0:
The good old Guardian has got the bit between its teeth. Here are three more articles from the last few days:
Harvard University says it can’t afford journal publishers’ prices
Life after Elsevier…, by Tyler Neylon
Academic publishing doesn’t add up (yes, that’s the obligatory lame-o math pun right there. Also features photo of Tim Gowers with a halo)
Re: 10,000
Someone pointed out this article to me:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/24/harvard-university-journal-publishers-prices