UMaine Personnel Comments in MPBN Academic Journals Report

A Maine Public Broadcasting Network report on the dilemma researchers at many colleges and universities face when publishing academic articles in journals that charge high subscription rates versus free open access Internet venues included comments from Joyce Rumery, dean of libraries at UMaine, Deborah Rollins, head of collections services at Fogler, UMaine oceanographer Pete Jumars and new media specialist and faculty member Jon Ippolito.