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Scholarly Publishing, Freedom of Information and Academic Self-Determination: The UNAM-Elsevier Case
- Author(s):
- Juan Pablo Alperin, Stephen Eglen, Domenico Fiormonte, Laurent Gatto, Alex Gil (see profile) , Ricardo Hartley (see profile) , Stuart Lawson (see profile) , Corina Logan, Erin McKiernan, Ernesto Miranda-Trigueros, Ross Mounce, Alejandro Posada, Ernesto Priego (see profile) , Natalia Pérez, Adela Ramos (see profile) , Nuria Rodríguez-Ortega (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Group(s):
- Digital Humanists
- Subject(s):
- Mexico, Publishers and publishing
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- academic publishing, open access, Open Access policy, scholarly communication, scholarly publishing
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6ZN6N
- Abstract:
- On February 1, 2015, the global information and analytics corporation Elsevier and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) established the agreement UNAM-Elsevier contract DGAJ-DPI-39-081114- 241, which saw the transfer from UNAM to Elsevier for the “production and hosting, advertising and support” of 44 Mexican open access academic journals published by UNAM. This article documents said contract and describes a Freedom of Information Request enquiring the total cost of the contract and its corresponding response. It also shares a series of considerations that, based on this case, can be helpful to other institutions that may face similar circumstances in the future. We conclude scholarly publishing and academic self-determination are interdependent and a crucial point of future debate for the future of University presses and Open Access worldwide.
- Notes:
- Priego, Ernesto; McKiernan, Erin; Posada, Alejandro; Hartley, Ricardo; Rodríguez-ortega, Nuria; Fiormonte, Domenico; Gil, Alex; Logan, Corina; Alperin, Juan Pablo; Mounce, Ross; Eglen, Stephen; Trigueros, Ernesto Miranda; Lawson, Stuart; Gatto, Laurent; Ramos, Adela; Pérez, Natalia (2017): Scholarly Publishing, Freedom of Information and Academic Self-Determination: The UNAM-Elsevier Case. figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5632657.v1 Retrieved: 14:08, Nov 29, 2017 (GMT)
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 months ago
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- Attribution
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