A small bird sat on a fence looking out over a landscape with which she was not
familiar, looking for the rich pickings she had been told were to be found
there. Around her on the fence were a number of other small birds who knew the
landscape well and who knew where to find the rich pickings
Open access in the UK is coming to a crossroads. Pointing in one direction are
members of the political and scientific Establishment, working hard to convince
the UK research community that a preference for APC-paid open access is the way
to go, while wishing to travel down another road to open
The wide range of activities reported on the gold oa blog illustrate the
priority now given to APC-funded gold OA by Government and other Establishment
agencies in the UK, and the second-class status being given to repositories and
other green OA developments by those same agencies. After many
Communication UCL
From: Peter Morgan p...@cam.ac.uk
Sent: 11 September 2013 09:54
To: Friend, Fred; Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)
Subject: RE: [GOAL] Re: [sparc-oaforum] Some Reflection from Wellcome Would Be
Welcome
Fred,
the mistake came when
This is an excellent contribution from Danny Kingsley, and it would be
interesting to have some real information about subscription loss from
publishers, and not only from the two publishers she mentions. Very
occasionally we do hear stories about a few journals ceasing publication, but
the
It is good that Stevan keeps an eye on publisher policies for us, and it is
also good that Peter reminds us that universities do have the power to say no
to publishers. Stevan is correct that the distinction Elsevier and other
publishers attempt to draw between mandated and non-mandated
As a taxpayer I read the 74-page Review of progress in implementing the
recommendations of the Finch Report with interest, looking for evidence that
those who recommend policy to HM Government are making their recommendations in
a logical fashion and on the basis of available evidence. What I
Stevan's analysis of the way in which open access was developing alongside
licensing is very important. We need to understand the way in which OA
developed in order to avoid the kind of distortion of OA that emerges from time
to time. I was also going through a time of fluid thinking at the
