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Nov 03, 2008

Full disclosure: this is a blatantly self-promotional post. Our sister publication, Genome Technology magazine, features a cover story on the rise of open access this month -- it's meant to distill the key points of debate about open access and to serve as a primer for scientists who may have heard of OA but don't really know what all the hoopla's about. In the spirit of open access, the full issue is available through a Creative Commons license. You can check out the November issue here -- no subscription is required to read it.

Many thanks to Jonathan Eisen, Michael Eisen, and Peter Suber for mentioning the open access story on their blogs.

 

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