From yesterday's's Observer:
Why the sci-mag barons are right
In March The Observer's Simon Caulkin argued that scientific publishers had
long used their stranglehold on the market to push up prices at the expense
of underfunded academics. This, he suggested, was about to be changed by the
welcome arrival of 'open access' publishing. Here, Crispin Davis, chief
executive of leading publisher Reed Elsevier defends the industry
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1194065,00.html
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