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Benefits Open Access outweigh costs in three European countries

03-07-2009

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For Denmark, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands free access to scholarly materials could offer significant benefits not only to research and higher education but also to society as a whole. This has been calculated by Australian economist Professor John Houghton in studies which have taken place in these three countries on the costs and benefits of scholarly communication. He has now summarised these findings in a report commissioned by Knowledge Exchange, which is a partnership of the IT bodies from Denmark (DEFF), the United Kingdom (JISC), the Netherlands (SURFfoundation) and Germany (DFG).

Read the full press release by Knowledge Exchange.

Read the press release "Open Access publication can save the Netherlands up to 133 million euros".

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Benefits Open Access outweigh costs in three European countries