Harvard Jumps on the Open-Access Bandwagon

Apr 25, 2012

Harvard University sent a memo to its 2,100-member teaching and research staff saying its libraries can no longer afford the rising prices imposed by scientific journal publishers, reports The Guardian's Ian Sample.

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