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Swinburne University of Technology Paywall: The Business of Scholarship (film screening)

Event Details

Time: October 27, 2019 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Country: Australia
Street: John Street
City/Town: HAWTHORN
Website or Map: https://goo.gl/maps/M6HCsVSmR…
Event Type: film, screening
Organized By: Robin Wright
Latest Activity: Oct 27, 2019

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Event Description

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary that focuses on the need for open access to research and science. The film questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers. examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher, Elsevier, and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies such as Apple, Facebook, and Google.