Beware of 'predatory' open access journals

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There's an interesting piece in the Times Higher Education about open access journals targeting post-grads and young academics.

You can read the piece here, and view a list of some of these dodgy journals here.

Minerva is now open access

The journal Minerva is now open-access, with volumes going back to 1990 available here.

New e-journal

The Library is pleased to announce that the journal Annali online di Ferrara is now available. http://eprints.unife.it/annali/lettere/index.html

New periodical.

The Library now receives Istanbuler Mitteilungen as an exchange with the Journal of Hellenic Studies. You can find it in stack 10. We already had a couple of volumes but should now receive it regularly from volume 57, 2007.

Sad news for 3 journals

We no longer subscribe to the following journals in the library published by Fabrizio Serra due to overwhelming price increases this year.

The journals are:
• Musiva & sectilia: international journal for the study of ancient pavements and wall revetments in their decorative and architectural context - this was purchased for the David Smith Mosaic Archive. Hardback copy price up by over 100% from €445 to €895.
• Orizzonti: rassegna di archeologia. Up by 65.5% from €420 to €695.
• Workshop di archeologia classica: paesaggi, costruzioni, reperti. Paperback copy price up by 6.2% from €325 to €345.

Our subscription to Mediterranea: quaderni annuali dell'Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà Italiche e del Mediterraneo Antico del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche is also under consideration for the same reason.

At this present moment we are priced out of the market. Fortunately, those wishing to consult the current scholarship in these important journals may continue to do so at the British Library. We apologise for the inappropriate gap in our holdings.

We would be interested to hear from any other libraries or institutions who have the same problems.