Past Coverage

• Open Access to Research Is Inevitable, Libraries Are Told - October 15, 2009
• For Advice on Publishing in the Digital World, Scholars Turn to Campus Libraries - November 21, 2008
• Panel Urges Free Public Access to Results of Government-Backed Research - January 15, 2010
• Publishers Hire PR Firm to Counter Open-Access Publishing Movement; Former Board of 'Topology' Starts a Rival Journal - February 9, 2007
• University Presses Try to Straddle the Battle Lines in Open-Access Debate - March 16, 2007

Recent News

• Number of 'Hispanic Serving' Colleges Is Expected to Grow Significantly, Report Says

  Almost 200 colleges may soon meet the federal designation of "Hispanic serving," and they should work to increase their retention and graduation rates, says a new report.

• College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds

  The Intercollegiate Studies Institute found that people with bachelor's degrees were more likely than recipients of only high-school diplomas to take liberal stances.

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  Pulling Haiti's Culture From the Rubble

  The chief conservator of one of the stricken nation's major libraries is working with Brown University and others to save a part of his people's cultural patrimony.

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