brent...@ulg.ac.be writes > The only way researchers can be convinced is through mandatory > pressure from the funders and/or the Academic authorities. And the > only way mandates can be imposed is through the research assessment > procedures. Everything else lingers or fails.
I beg to differ. Researchers can also be convinced by the fact that publication in a toll-gated journal means that there is no readership for their output. And precisely that happens if libraries cancel subscriptions. Of course mandates are useful. But the uptake of mandates has been so slow that, at current speed, we can wait for centuries to achieve open access. In the meantime, the publishing industry can use the subscription revenue bonanza to effectively lobby for any change to be on its terms. -- Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel skype:thomaskrichel _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
