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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Intransigenc of STM Publishers: by Subbiah Arunachalam — published Jan 01, 2015 — last modified Feb 12, 2015 12:28 AM — filed under: Openness, Open Access
A few commercial publishers dominate provision of access to scientific and technical information sought after by researchers around the world. Increasing subscription prices of journals at rates higher than general inflation caused librarians to think of forming consortia, but publishers started selling online journals as bundles, and libraries ended up with many journals their researchers have very little use for. Scientists and librarians adopted open access, but publishers came up with hybrid journals and article processing charges to beat any adverse effect on their profits caused by the fast-spreading open access movement. We compare the steps taken by scientists and librarians in the West to reclaim ease of access to research findings with what is happening in India. We end with a few suggestions.
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Open Access: An Opportunity for Scientists around the Globe: by Subbiah Arunachalam — published Sep 26, 2013 — filed under: Openness, Open Access, Access to Knowledge
Researchers face two problems related to information access: making their own research more visible to researchers elsewhere and making worldwide research readily available to them. Open access (OA) can solve both of them.
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Q&A on open access with Subbiah Arunachalam of the Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore): by Subbiah Arunachalam — published May 05, 2011 — last modified Nov 01, 2023 12:41 PM — filed under: Interview, Open Access
Amrit Dhir, a 1L at Harvard Law School, has been working with the Harvard Law School Library on open access activities. He recently had an opportunity to interview Subbiah Arunachalam of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in India. The interview was published by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University on May 5, 2011.
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Withdrawal of Journal Access is a Wake-up Call for Researchers in the Developing World: by Subbiah Arunachalam — published Feb 18, 2011 — last modified Nov 01, 2023 12:39 PM
Guest blog by Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop, Subbiah Arunachalam (Trustees for the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development). This article was published in Speaking of Medicine PLoS Medicine community blog on January 17, 2011.
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A letter to CGIAR in support of Open Access: by Subbiah Arunachalam — published May 24, 2010 — last modified Nov 01, 2023 12:43 PM — filed under: Openness
Professor Subbiah Arunachalam wrote a letter to CGIAR apprising them of the need for, and advantages of making their research output Open Access.
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