Category Archives: Commercial Publishers

A Big Deal Update

by Peter Potter Posted on April 21, 2020

This Open@VT blogpost is part of an ongoing series on Virginia Tech’s pending negotiations with the scholarly publishing giant Elsevier. Virginia Tech is one of seven research universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia that negotiates collectively with Elsevier and other … Continue reading →

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University of California v. Elsevier: Why It Matters to Virginia

by Peter Potter Posted on March 21, 2019

Note: This is the first in a series of Open@VT blogposts that will appear over the ensuing months focusing on Virginia Tech’s “Big Deal” contracts with commercial journal publishers. As the University Libraries’ contracts with Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley come … Continue reading →

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Is There a Place for DIY in Scholarly Publishing? Lulu Says Yes (and may not be wrong)

by Peter Potter Posted on December 22, 2016

Lulu has announced the launch of a new online publishing platform that it is calling Glasstree. If you’ve heard of Lulu before you probably know it as one of several heavyweight players in the self-publishing arena, alongside Amazon (Kindle Direct), … Continue reading →

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What Do Journals Cost at Virginia Tech?

by Philip Young Posted on September 16, 2013

It’s a simple question with a not so simple answer, and I’ll probably need a follow-up post to cover all the complexities. Publishers do their best to obfuscate prices through journal bundling (making it difficult to determine the price of … Continue reading →

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Commercial Publishers and the Growth of Research

by Philip Young Posted on April 12, 2013

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the resignation of the editorial board for the Journal of Library Administration. Several commenters urged them to start their own open access journal. That would certainly help tip the landscape to open access, … Continue reading →

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