[Open-access] Crowdsourcing request + BMJ OA Policy

Tue Mar 25 05:42:57 UTC 2014

On 03/24/2014 02:29 PM, Jan Velterop wrote:
> If we hate the things publishers do, why do "we" (researchers the world over) continue to procure publishers' services on such a massive scale?

Several reasons:

1. Most people have never wasted a thought on the issue
2. We've hired the wrong librarians and told them their most important 
job is to get us access to subscriptions.
3. We've cut libraries' budgets
4. Journal rank

Bjoern