Comments on: Open Access: Just Publish http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/ Comments on the library and information science world Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:53:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: WoW!ter http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/#comment-748 WoW!ter Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:33:00 +0000 http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/#comment-748 @Tom, yes you are right in that respect, but it is important that they call upon repositories as a way to achieve open access. That there are more roads to achieve the goal of complete open access is another message we have to get across. @Tom, yes you are right in that respect, but it is important that they call upon repositories as a way to achieve open access. That there are more roads to achieve the goal of complete open access is another message we have to get across.

]]> By: Tom Wilson http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/#comment-747 Tom Wilson Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:54:52 +0000 http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/#comment-747 Thanks for showing that one. As you say, not very lively, but... a good hairdresser and barber could have done wonders :-) However, by open access they appear to be talking about only one form - repositories. The success of open archives depends absolutely upon the cooperation of the publishers, and these guys are the people who could actually make a considerable difference by pumping resources not into institutional archives, but into new open access journals. Until someone with vision is at the top, we're locked into the commercial publishing sector, which is doing all it can to make sure that scholarly communication never escapes from its grip. Very disappointing. Tom o Thanks for showing that one. As you say, not very lively, but… a good hairdresser and barber could have done wonders :-)
However, by open access they appear to be talking about only one form - repositories. The success of open archives depends absolutely upon the cooperation of the publishers, and these guys are the people who could actually make a considerable difference by pumping resources not into institutional archives, but into new open access journals. Until someone with vision is at the top, we’re locked into the commercial publishing sector, which is doing all it can to make sure that scholarly communication never escapes from its grip. Very disappointing.

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