In this week's episode, we talk about yet another acquisition in scholarly infrastructures, an attempt to archive all of Sci-Hub, and inflation in publishing.

SOURCES

Datasets on arXiv https://medium.com/paperswithcode/datasets-on-arxiv-1a5a8f7bd104

Open Plus Books https://blog.f1000.com/2021/05/13/new-book-publishing-concept-combines-taylor-francis-books-heritage-with-f1000s-open-research-model/

Downloading Sci-Hub https://gizmodo.com/archivists-want-to-make-sci-hub-un-censorable-1846898276

ProQuest acquisition https://clarivate.com/news/clarivate-to-acquire-proquest/

Publishing Inflation https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=The-New-Abnormal-Periodicals-Price-Survey-2021https://twitter.com/dannykay68/status/1389486904110768135

https://www.liberquarterly.eu/articles/10.18352/lq.10280/