The issue of books has always been a difficult terrain within the OA
community. A narrow interpretation of Open Access tends to limit its
reach to journal articles, and this choice has the obvious advantage of
leaving the issue of royalties aside. However, it should be remembered
that scholars who
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The issue of books has always been a difficult terrain within the OA community.
A narrow interpretation of Open Access tends to limit its reach to journal
articles, and this choice has
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Jean-Claude Guédon [jean.claude.gue...@umontreal.ca]
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: Statement: Australian Open Access Support Group applauds
new ARC open access policy
Let's please distinguish between (1) mandating (requiring) to do X and (2)
offering
a subsidy to do X.
Gratis Green OA self-archiving of journal articles can be and is being mandated,
unproblematically
Thanks Jean-Claude Guédon and Falk Reckling for your comments. It is
difficult to answer them succinctly, but I will try.
1. There is a substantial difference between books and articles in the
current situation. Almost no researcher reads the printed copy of a journal
article any more:
Le samedi 19 janvier 2013 à 10:14 +1100, Arthur Sale a écrit :
Thanks Jean-Claude Guédon and Falk Reckling for your comments. It is
difficult to answer them succinctly, but I will try.
1. There is a substantial difference between books and articles in
the current situation.
Danny
I believe this AOASG statement contains an error. It states that the ARC
policy applies to all research outputs of an ARC project, including books.
While this can be inferred from the text, it is an extraordinary claim which
will be ineffective and cannot have been intended by the ARC.
Many thanks to Arthur Sale for posting this. When I saw these (obvious)
howlers in the ARC Policy I assumed the policy-makers (or the
policy-writers) had fallen asleep at the wheel (and I gave up).
Let's hope that Arthur's firm and confident corrective will be noticed and
heeded.
The ARC gaffe
