MIT To Make All Faculty Publications Open Access

Death Metal writes with this excerpt from Ars Technica: "If there were any doubt that open access publishing was setting off a bit of a power struggle, a decision made last week by the MIT faculty should put it to rest. Although most commercial academic publishers require that the authors of the works they publish sign all copyrights over to the journal, Congress recently mandated that all researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health retain the right to freely distribute their works one year after publication (several foundations have similar requirements). Since then, some publishers started fighting the trend, and a few members of Congress are reconsidering the mandate. Now, in a move that will undoubtedly redraw the battle lines, the faculty of MIT have unanimously voted to make any publications they produce open access."

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Re:Hats of for MIT

[lawaetf1]

Yes, I hear at MIT they teach the difference between "off" and "of"!

\\\runs and hides.. troll me, I deserve it.

Re:Hats of for MIT

[Inoen]

My experience has been that there are different tiers. Generally speaking, going to any school within the top 50 or 100 for a field will result in a good education.

You sound like you have a lot of experience in this matter. How many universities did you attend? How many of these were in the top 50-100? Did you attend the same courses on them all, or did you diversify?

Just trying to figure out the grounds for your claims...