UK government report backs open access science publishing

Reuters – 2 hrs 41 mins ago LONDON (Reuters) - The shift toward open access to publicly funded scientific research should be supported with an extra 50 million to 60 million pounds a year in public money, according to a UK government-commissioned report.

The report, published Tuesday, strongly backs a move away from subscriptions by readers of scientific journals to charges levied on researchers in order to expand access to published research.

Some 38 million pounds of the extra money being called for is earmarked to help pay the charges associated with open access publishing, with the rest dedicated to an extension of license agreements that allow group access and investment in so-called 'repositories' that enable online searching of archived research.

But the report also says the shift should be gradual and carefully managed to avoid damaging any part of the existing science publishing industry, dominated by the likes of Reed Elsevier, Macmillan's Nature Publishing Group and Springer Science

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Strength Coach and Fitness Expert Luka Hocevar Signs Publishing Deal With CelebrityPress To Release The Fit Formula

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2011Luka Hocevar, strength training and fitness expert, has recently signed a publishing deal with CelebrityPress, a leading business marketing and health book publishing company, along with other leading health and fitness experts to release the book, The Fit Formula.

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA (1888PressRelease) December 01, 2011 - Luka Hocevar, Owner of Hocevar Performance and Vigor Ground Functional Training Center, recently joined a select group of the world's leading health and fitness entrepreneurs to co-write the forthcoming book titled, The Fit Formula. Nick Nanton, Esq. along with business partner, JW Dicks, Esq., recently signed a publishing deal with each of these authors to contribute their expertise to the book, which will be released under their CelebrityPress

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