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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 205 points 2 months ago

This isn't a meme, it's a crime

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 64 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There are literally tens of thousands of people in academia who could build a transparent, open-source, non-profit publishing system of their own.

Why don't they?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 86 points 2 months ago

There is a transitioning happening but progress churns slowly. I like to compare it to getting out of an abusive relationship.

https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/

https://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/items

[-] xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 months ago

It's happening in Germany as well. Universities are banding together to negotiate better deals with publishers - some subscriptions haven't been renewed when the publishers weren't forthcoming. It's not a solution (that would be the wide establishment of independent, self organized/hosted Open Access journals - using Open Journal Systems for example) but it's a start.

https://deal-konsortium.de/en/

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