Libraries and the future of scholarly communication

doi:10.1186/1476-4598-5-58

Molecular Cancer

Volume 5

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Libraries and the future of scholarly communication

Edwin V Sperr Jr

NELINET, Inc., 153 Cordaville Road, Southborough, MA 01772, USA

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Molecular Cancer 2006, 5:58doi:10.1186/1476-4598-5-58


Published:	7 November 2006

Abstract

Changes in the structure of commercial scholarly publishing have led to spiraling subscription prices. This has resulted in a "serials crisis" that has eroded library budgets and threatened the system of scientific communication. Open access represents one possible solution, and librarians are working to help make it a reality.