[open-science] [Open-access] Elsevier: some facts, by Tim Gowers

[Peter Murray-Rust]

Fantastic , Tom! Other countries will look to follow your lead.


On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Michelle Brook <michelle.brook at okfn.org>wrote:

> Oh that's great news Tom! Please keep us all updated :-D
>
> On 25 Apr 2014, at 08:17, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
> everton.alvarenga at okfn.org> wrote:
>
> At the Brazilian mailing lists people are trying to figure out our numbers.
>
> I hope someone can use our very recent access to information law to
> approach more precise numbers. :)
>
> Tom
>
>
> 2014-04-24 23:49 GMT-07:00 Michelle Brook <michelle.brook at okfn.org>:
>
>> I'd love to see if similar data can be captured worldwide, where freedom
>> of information acts/ similar legislation is in place & relevant.
>>
>> Thanks for looking into Hong Kong Scott :-)
>>
>> Michelle
>>
>> > On 25 Apr 2014, at 07:35, Bjoern Brembs <b.brembs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > As I commented on Gowers' post, these figures (not by publisher but by
>> library) are open knowledge in Germany:
>> >
>> > http://www.hbz-nrw.de/angebote/dbs/
>> >
>> > German libraries spent in 2011
>> >
>> >    170 million € on books
>> >    130 million € on subscriptions
>> >
>> > http://blogarchive.brembs.net/comment-n900.html
>> >
>> > Here the link to an English overview for 2012 (2013 is still in the
>> works):
>> >
>> >
>> http://www.hbz-nrw.de/dokumentencenter/produkte/dbs/aktuell/auswertungen/gesamt/dbs_gesamt_engl_12.pdf
>> > These figures are broken down in different sections in several
>> documents - but all of these are in German only.
>> >
>> > Bjoern
>> >
>> >> On Thursday, April 24, 2014, 11:47:22 PM, you wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Thanks Peter - looping the open access working group into this
>> discussion.
>> >
>> >
>> >> Michelle
>> >
>> >
>> >> On 24 April 2014 19:29, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Michelle Brook has written a very good overview of this
>> >> (http://access.okfn.org/2014/04/24/the-cost-of-academic-publishing/)
>> >> which you should read first.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Mark Wainwright
>> >> <mark.wainwright at okfn.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> Tim Gowers has written a new post in which he tries to establish some
>> >> facts that might bear on the Open Access debate. It's long but
>> >> excellent.
>> >
>> >> http://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/
>> >>
>> >> Mark
>> >>
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