Comments on: Open Access: Just Publish http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/ Comments on the library and information science world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: WoW!ter http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/#comment-1088 WoW!ter Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:41:17 +0000 http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/#comment-1088 Stevan, Interesting to receive a comment nearly two years after the original was posted. My point though, is on the way the message is transmitted. I don't think any normal person in the world has the patience to view these talking heads for the entire 4:25, let alone busy scientists. Stevan,

Interesting to receive a comment nearly two years after the original was posted. My point though, is on the way the message is transmitted. I don’t think any normal person in the world has the patience to view these talking heads for the entire 4:25, let alone busy scientists.

]]> By: Stevan Harnad http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/#comment-1087 Stevan Harnad Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:59:35 +0000 http://wowter.net/2009/02/27/open-access-just-publish/#comment-1087 THE YEAR OF OPEN ACCESS? . 
A welcome affirmation of commitment to Open Access in the Netherlands. But a bit short on concrete proposals! And ironic that, though posted in 2011, reference is to 2009 as the year of Open Access. It wasn’t! And 2011 won’t be either. Unless we make it very explicit what needs to be done, and how: . 
What is needed is for all universities and research funding councils — in Netherlands and worldwide — to mandate (i.e., require) that all researchers self-archive the final, refereed drafts of all the refereed journal articles they publish, immediately upon acceptance for publication, in their institutional repositories — and that the institutional repository should also be the sole means of submitting refereed research output for institutional and funder performance review as well as research grant fulfillment: http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/494-guid.html . 
That’s it. When the Netherlands institutions and funders mandate that, and advocate for that worldwide, they will indeed become leaders in implementing and promoting the practice of Open Access, rather than just the principle, ideology and infrastructure (which, alone, are necessary and valuable too, but not sufficient to make 2011 the year of Open Access). . 
For concrete policy guidance, please see EnablingOpenScholarship (EOS) (of whose Board Dr. Noorda is also a member): http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_6095/people THE YEAR OF OPEN ACCESS?
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A welcome affirmation of commitment to Open Access in the Netherlands. But a bit short on concrete proposals! And ironic that, though posted in 2011, reference is to 2009 as the year of Open Access. It wasn’t! And 2011 won’t be either. Unless we make it very explicit what needs to be done, and how:

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What is needed is for all universities and research funding councils — in Netherlands and worldwide — to mandate (i.e., require) that all researchers self-archive the final, refereed drafts of all the refereed journal articles they publish, immediately upon acceptance for publication, in their institutional repositories — and that the institutional repository should also be the sole means of submitting refereed research output for institutional and funder performance review as well as research grant fulfillment: http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/494-guid.html

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That’s it. When the Netherlands institutions and funders mandate that, and advocate for that worldwide, they will indeed become leaders in implementing and promoting the practice of Open Access, rather than just the principle, ideology and infrastructure (which, alone, are necessary and valuable too, but not sufficient to make 2011 the year of Open Access).

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For concrete policy guidance, please see EnablingOpenScholarship (EOS) (of whose Board Dr. Noorda is also a member): http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_6095/people

]]> 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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