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1: Mol Cancer. 2006 Nov 7;5:58.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Libraries and the future of scholarly communication.

Sperr EV Jr.

NELINET, Inc., Southborough, MA 01772, USA. sperr@nelinet.net

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.

PMID: 17090309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1647289