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Harvard joins Open Access publishing movement

Leading Ivy League university declares its findings will be available online for no fee.

Emily Shurr
Emily Shurr is CNET News.com general-assignment news producer.
Emily Shurr

From now on, all research published by Harvard Arts and Sciences faculty will be available without a fee and with broad terms of use. It's a controversial decision, since it threatens the exclusive cachet of expensive peer-reviewed journals, and not all researchers are keen on granting complete freedom to cite their hard-earned insights.

Read the full story at Ars Technica: "Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences goes Open Access"