Celebrations and Tough Questions Follow Harvard's Move to Open Access

This is the way subscription-only access to Harvard University faculty members' research papers ended: with a bang and some whimpers. The faculty itself voted it out this month, to huzzahs from open-access advocates but grumbles — and confusion — from some publishers.

Members of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted unanimously to provide the university with copies of their published articles and permission to post them in a freely available online

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