Tag Archives: self-archiving

Elsevier: Ever More Evil (aka Why Do Authors Boycott Elsevier?)

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Jill Cirasella

(Note: This post has been updated and expanded to match the post at the Graduate Center Library blog.) You may have heard of the Cost of Knowledge, a site where researchers publicly express their upset with the business practices of the … Continue reading →

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Grad Center Faculty Workshop: Why & How to Submit to Academic Works

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Jill Cirasella

Graduate Center faculty, did you know that the vast majority of journals allow authors to make their articles (either the pre-refereed version, the post-refereed version, or the publisher-branded PDF) freely available online?  However, the responsibility usually lies with you, the … Continue reading →

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Materials from Authors’ Rights Event

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Jill Cirasella

Weren’t able to attend last Friday’s workshop “You Know What You Write, But Do You Know Your Rights? Understanding and Protecting Your Rights As an Author”?  Attended but want to review the materials again, at your own pace? Here are all … Continue reading →

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Springer Also Losing Some OA Sparkle

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

We looked last week at how Emerald (perhaps inspired by the problematic new RCUK open access policy) changed its self-archiving policies, becoming a less sparkling green OA publisher. Alas, Springer also recently changed its self-archiving for the worse (from the … Continue reading →

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Emerald Not So Sparkling Green

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

If your field is management, economics, healthcare, education, or library science, chances are you’re familiar with the journal publisher Emerald.  For a long time, true to its name, Emerald was a “green” open access publisher — that is, it allowed … Continue reading →

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Teaching about Open Access Without Saying “Open Access”

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

Do you know anyone who, full of misconceptions about open access, has a knee-jerk negative reaction to discussions of open access?  I certainly do.  Correcting the misconceptions that float around CUNY (and everywhere) about open access (e.g., the mistaken notion … Continue reading →

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