Selected news, views and information on Open Science and scholarly publishing from the past week

The Guardian Will traditional science journals disappear?

Fusion This scientific paper has 2,863 authors. How?

BBC Top science panel to advise European Commission

BioMed Central Blogs A beginner’s guide to peer review: Part One

Manchester Evening News University of Manchester spends more on journal subscriptions than any other institution in UK

Research Information An academic approach to sales and marketing in publishing

Wired Why publishers should not fear Facebook’s content megacity

Harvard Gazette Robert Darnton closes the book

Publishers Weekly The changing face of STM publishing

University of New Mexico News UNM Libraries opens the digital door to a treasury of information

The Guardian Super-scholars: MPAA offers $20,000 for academic research in copyright battle

Library Journal Why internet searches are not enough | peer to peer review

BioMed Central blog Gigascience pushes metabolomics Open Data & training

Universität München Ein neues Modell des Publizierens