Re: OA's Three Bogeymen

2010-02-17 Thread Guédon Jean-Claude
. Van: American Scientist Open Access Forum namens Richard Poynder Verzonden: di 16-2-2010 11:59 Aan: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Onderwerp: OA's Three Bogeymen I am inclined to agree with Keith. However, it needs to be acknowledged that researchers are not always

Re: OA's Three Bogeymen

2010-02-17 Thread Richard Poynder
-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Subject: Re: OA's Three Bogeymen Alas, this whole discussion continues to assume that publishing must rest mainly on organizations that behave like businesses (hence the call for sustainability) and often are busineses. Why should they not be treated as services

Re: OA's Three Bogeymen

2010-02-17 Thread Steve Hitchcock
-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Onderwerp: OA's Three Bogeymen I am inclined to agree with Keith. However, it needs to be acknowledged that researchers are not always very discerning when choosing a publisher. I have had some say to me, In an ideal world I would not opt

{Disarmed} Re: OA's Three Bogeymen

2010-02-17 Thread Jean-Claude Guédon
Subject: Re: OA's Three Bogeymen Alas, this whole discussion continues to assume that publishing must rest mainly on organizations that behave like businesses (hence the call for sustainability) and often are busineses. Why should they not be treated as services integral to the research cycle

Re: OA's Three Bogeymen

2010-02-17 Thread Heather Morrison
On 17-Feb-10, at 6:19 AM, Richard Poynder wrote: However, I think Jean-Claude is more focussed on “ought” than “is”. True, he proposes an existing service (Brazil's SciELO) as a model for the future, but given the way that researchers are motivated by their institutions and their