Ex Libris: Books, creativity and academic freedom.
In this commentary I build on my earlier contribution to Area and engage with a series of responses as part of an emerging debate on the future of academic books. Although the deficiencies in UKRI's approach culminated in the suspension of an open access mandate for books to be submitted to the 2029...
| Publicado en: | Area (0004-0894) Vol. 57; no. 3; pp. 1 - 7 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2025
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