Openness of academic journal pricing

Friends: Look at what Finland has done. We should do the same in India too and make all journal subscription costs paid by universities and public funded laboratories freely available. We should eschew the immoral non-disclosure clauses publishers want librarians and consortia managers to sign. http://www.mostlyphysics.net/blog/2016/6/13/finland-takes-leading-role-in-th... The Helsinki administrative court confirmed https://github.com/okffi-science/2014-tietopyynto-lisenssimaksut/blob/master... that the prices of subscription contracts are public information. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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Subbiah Arunachalam