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The Beginning of the End for the 'Big Deal'?
Inspired by University of California’s decision to drop its “big deal” with Elsevier, university librarians are laying the foundation to follow suit.
One Discipline's Soaring Publishing Expectations
It's not just you: sociology's publishing expectations have doubled in recent decades, by some measures, and that threatens research ingenuity, according to one study.
Opinion
Digital Divides
Scott McLemee reviews two books about our networked society that raise rather dystopian concerns.
‘Alternative Universities’
Author discusses his new book on "speculative" alternatives for higher education.
Opinion
Net Rupture
Scott McLemee reviews Manuel Castells's Rupture: The Crisis of Liberal Democracy.
UC Drops Elsevier
After months of negotiating over open-access fees and paywalls, the University of California System follows through on threat to cancel its journal subscription deal with Elsevier.
Opinion
The Edge of Academic Freedom
Scott McLemee reviews Joan Wallach Scott's Knowledge, Power and Academic Freedom.
‘Scientists Under Surveillance’
Co-editor discusses new book on FBI documents about spying on researchers.