New competitors for the publishers: the cobbler and his last.

Abstract

The universities’ core business is education and research. Scolars publish the findings of their own scientific research. They also take frequent notice of research conducted by colleagues who are engaged in the same discipline in and outside the university. At first glance one cannot think of a good reason why they should not get involved in publishing their own material. Even less, if one considers that universities have to pay for these publications more than once because they also fund: