Consensus is difficult in open-access debate

OPEN ACCESS Special Issue of Research Information carries interviews of following experts on Open Access and its future:
 

• Martin Richardson, Oxford Journals
• Michael Mabe, formerly of Elsevier
• Robert Terry, The Wellcome Trust
• Steven Harnad, University of Quebec in Montreal and University of Southampton
• Tim Smith, Institute of Physics Publishing
• Matthew Cockerill, BioMed Central
• Alma Swan, Key Perspectives
• Jens Vigen, CERN
• Leslie Carr, University of Southampton

Consensus is difficult in open-access debate it seems. Or the publishing industry fears lose of business?

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