[GOAL] Re: [BOAI] Meaning of Open Access

2012-05-10 Thread Optonet International
Dear All,   To me, Open Access implies unqualified free and unlimited access to all journal contents for ALL interested readers/users, regardless of location and resource-capacity. Anything short of this no matter how qualified, seems restrictive and prescriptive. Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje

[GOAL] Re: [BOAI] Meaning of Open Access

2012-05-09 Thread Beall, Jeffrey
, 2012 6:24 AM To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Cc: boai-fo...@ecs.soton.ac.uk Subject: [GOAL] Re: [BOAI] Meaning of Open Access Andras, Whether Open Access relates to an individual article or to a whole journal depends on whether the journal calls itself an OA journal or whether

[GOAL] Re: [BOAI] Meaning of Open Access

2012-05-09 Thread Jan Velterop
of AmSci) Cc: boai-fo...@ecs.soton.ac.uk Subject: [GOAL] Re: [BOAI] Meaning of Open Access Andras, Whether Open Access relates to an individual article or to a whole journal depends on whether the journal calls itself an OA journal or whether the OA label is just attached to a few

[GOAL] Re: [BOAI] Meaning of Open Access

2012-05-09 Thread Jan Velterop
In the BOAI, the content to which OA should apply is described as follows: The literature that should be freely accessible online is that which scholars give to the world without expectation of payment. Primarily, this category encompasses their peer-reviewed journal articles, but it also

[GOAL] Re: [BOAI] Meaning of Open Access

2012-05-09 Thread Andras Holl
Dear All, The thing whether Open Access relates to an individual article or a whole journal is not clear. Does libre OA mean that anyone is free to redistribute the whole journal, or only one, a few article? Text mining rights are meaningful only for the whole journal. My opinion that they should

[GOAL] Re: [BOAI] Meaning of Open Access

2012-05-09 Thread Beall, Jeffrey
%20Signatures/emailSig_2campus.png       From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of Jan Velterop Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 6:24 AM To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Cc: boai-fo...@ecs.soton.ac.uk Subject: [GOAL] Re: [BOAI] Meaning of Open