[GOAL] A few Religious Studies articles showing up in SAGE Open open access “mega journal”; reviewers being solicited

. As always, your comments (posted to the post) are welcome. Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess @ gmail.com___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal

[GOAL] From my old school files, Part 2: Excerpts from that research paper on the development of the scholarly journal

The Scholarly Journal: Long Tradition Behind the Coming Change. … Thanks for your comments! Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access oa.openaccess @ gmail.com ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal

[GOAL] Google's role in sustaining the public good to research parallel to developments in open access?

, a conversation surely needs to happen regarding Google’s role in sustaining the public good to research parallel to developments in open access. Is anyone aware of the status of such a conversation? Thanks. Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion

[GOAL] Re: Google's role in sustaining the public good to research parallel to developments in open access?

continued indexing to open access literature? Good weekend to all! Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access On Jul 14, 2012, at 7:00 AM, goal-requ...@eprints.org wrote: Message: 2 Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 10:29:37 + From: Les A Carr l...@ecs.soton.ac.uk Subject: [GOAL] Re: Google's role

[GOAL] Hat Tip: Let's not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open access

of humanities scholarship, and why it may be harder for humanist scholars to embrace open access based on the “author-pays” model. There is no Public Library of History to match the phenomenally successful Public Library of Science. … Your comments are welcome. Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha

[GOAL] Re: Hat Tip: Let's not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open access

to these journals as they grow and require more administrative and technical support. Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology oa.openacc...@gmail.com | @OAopenaccess Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10

[GOAL] Open Access Interview: New Testament Scholar Larry Hurtado

resulted from an email interchange and a face-to-face conversation online via Skype. … Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology oa.openaccess @ gmail.com | @OAopenaccess | Academia.edu

[GOAL] Re: First use of the phrase open access?

now talking about open access. Thanks. Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology oa.openaccess@ gmail.com | @OAopenaccess On Aug 7, 2012, at 12:25 AM, goal-requ...@eprints.org wrote: Date

[GOAL] Open access Journal of Southern Religion adopts Creative Commons Attribution license

.) … Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess @ gmail.com | @OAopenaccess ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http

[GOAL] Blog Update: What is the better online journal format: periodical issues or open annual volumes?

, with no fixed published quantity and new content continually added throughout the year as it becomes available (and passes the review process). … Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com

[GOAL] First library published open access issue of New Theology Review launched today!

the announcement was the news that this long-running print and subscription-based journal (published since 1988) would be converted to online only and going open access. ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http

[GOAL] “Snippet view” in Google Books is not open access

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[GOAL] Hat Tip: “The Future of Publishing” (But I viewed it from the perspective of open access)

Hat Tip: "The Future of Publishing" (But I viewed it from the perspective of open access)http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/hat-tip-the-future-of-publishing-but-i-viewed-it-from-the-perspective-of-open-access/I'm surprised I hadn't seen this earlier. I want to thank a librarian colleague

[GOAL] Adoption of open access in Theological Studies will accelerate with a new generation of scholars--like Jack

well in his desire to find a placement for continuing his studies. The other day Jack shared with me a draft of the Statement of Intent he is preparing to accompany his applications. As I was reading, I encountered this excerpt (included with permission)… Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open

[GOAL] The open access journal as a disruptive innovation

2011) entitled “Is free inevitable in scholarly communication? The economics of open access.” … Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess @ gmail.com | @OAopenaccess

[GOAL] JSTOR announces free limited reading access to its journal archive

the opening of access. ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology oa.openaccess @ gmail.com | @OAopenaccess ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http

[GOAL] If the sciences can do it… PLOHSS: A PLOS-style model for the humanities and social sciences

an Open Access Journal: a step-by-step guide. The tweet linked to a post on his blog soliciting participants to help build a Public Library of Science model for the Humanities and Social Sciences. … Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess at gmail

[GOAL] Re: If the sciences can do it? PLOHSS: A PLOS-style model for the humanities and social sciences

into subset journals. At the very least, my take was that by invoking PLOS he is saying HSS should be able to have its own online public library of open access article literature. Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com Advocate for open access academic publishing

[GOAL] Tribute to Aaron Swartz: Watch his How we stopped SOPA keynote at F2C2012

young computer programmer and an activist dedicated to the fight for free and open access to information and knowledge on the Internet. ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology oa.openaccess

[GOAL] Article processing charges reduced to $99 on SAGE Open humanities and social sciences “mega journal”

.) This charge is reduced dramatically from the standard fee of $695, and down significantly from the introductory rate of $395 that was previously in force. I confirmed the price change on the Manuscript Submission page of the journal site. ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http

[GOAL] Now we know first-hand: Editorial board of librarians resign over journal publisher’s restrictive licensing

reservations regarding TF’s author policies. ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess @ gmail . com | @OAopenaccess ___ GOAL mailing list

[GOAL] Public Knowledge Project releases Open Monograph Press version 1.0

Journal Systems (OJS)http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs has done for online journals. ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess @ gmail . com | @OAopenaccess

[GOAL] Conversation with two religious studies scholars on committee at Open Library of Humanities

-disciplinary mega-journal like PLOS ONEhttp://www.plosone.org/--even work in the Humanities? ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology oa.openaccess @ gmail . com | @OAopenaccess

[GOAL] Lacking any sense of proportion: Michael Eisen pushes back on The New York Times’ “dark side of open access” article

access run amuck, the only safe harbor is the “traditional business model…built on subscription revenues.” continues… Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/ oa.openaccess at gmail dot com

[GOAL] Happy 20th Birthday World Wide Web! You made open access possible

to help me troubleshoot some initial configuration problems, I was on! (Incidentally, that kid went to work for Apple Computer at the age of 17.) … Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/ Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology

[GOAL] Re: Happy 20th Birthday World Wide Web! You made open access possible

Of course you are correct Stevan. I note that Berners-Lee created the code in 1989 in my post. But I probably should have titled this the 20th birthday of the OPEN or PUBLIC WWW. Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com Advocate for open access academic

[GOAL] Open Library of Humanities is recruiting discipline editors, including Theology Religious Studies

me as an unique opportunity for our discipline, both to disseminate research widely, and to become active partners in a larger multidisciplinary conversation. ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/ Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion

[GOAL] Standing at a point of transition: Johannes Trithemius, In Praise of Scribes

in Salo’s article ... Your comments are welcome. Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess at gmail dot com___ GOAL mailing list GOAL

[GOAL] Library Publishing Toolkit e-book available as free download!

. … Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess at gmail dot com | @OAopenaccess ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http

[GOAL] EBSCO Serials Price Projections for 2014 recognizes rising impact of open access; highlights perils of continued publisher consolidation

of the pay-for-access model. … Your comments are welcome. Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology oa.openaccess at gmail dot com | @OAopenaccess

[GOAL] “Truthiness” isn’t quite truth, and “sciencey” isn’t quite science, even if published in Science: Mike Taylor’s “Anti-tutorial: how to design and execute a really bad study”

reporting and analysis of the article that appeared in the October 4, 2013 issue of Science. If you are one of a handful of persons who by now has not heard about this story the gist is this: … Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology

[GOAL] “When Obsession With Ownership Outlaws Sharing, It Is The Way of Sodom”: Harold Feld on intellectual property, Jewish ethics, and Aaron Swartz

/.) ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess at gmail dot com | @OAopenaccess ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http

[GOAL] Society of Biblical Literature releases (restrictive) Green Open Access Policy

of the Research and Publications Committee, [the SBL] has developed a Green Open Access Policy for authors who contribute to the SBL publishing program.” The full (two page) policy document is available here (PDF). Continues... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic

[GOAL] Springer launches first open access journal in Religion: International Journal of Dharma Studies

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[GOAL] Journal of Buddhist Ethics celebrates twenty years open access

as a medium for scholarly communication. ... Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/ oa.openaccess at gmail dot com | @OAopenaccess ___ GOAL mailing

[GOAL] I dropped the “NC” from my Creative Commons License

advocate I was definitely concerned that a commercial interest not be able to profit from work that I was giving away for free. I reasoned the added friction of the “NC would serve as a deterrent. … Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access publishing in religion and theology

[GOAL] Is there a serials crisis yet? When it comes to Theological and Religious Studies journals, I’d have to say yes

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[GOAL] Re: Is there a serials crisis yet? When it comes to Theological and Religious Studies journals, Id have to say yes

or as a business. Rather, it is an expression of an intellectual mission—a medium of communication for the dissemination of knowledge. Have a great weekend! Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com

[GOAL] “The public domain is … a disgrace to the forces of evil”

on the viewer. (Continues. . .) Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology oa.openaccess at gmail dot com | @OAopenaccess ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http

[GOAL] New year, new Omega Alpha | Open Access

introduces the expanded coverage we are planning for Omega Alpha | Open Access. I also spruced-up the look at bit. Up to now, the blog has been closely focused on Open Access (capital O, capital A) as it relates to scholarly journals and books for religious studies and theology (RST). However

[GOAL] Open Library of Humanities Update, Part 2: More about disciplinary curation; a first Religious Studies content initiative; and partnering with libraries for sustainable funding

of Humanities Update, Part 1: Now accepting submissions; Religious Studies and Theology editors in place http://wp.me/p20y83-YF http://wp.me/p20y83-YF Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access Covering the evolving open scholarship movement in religion and theology http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com http

[GOAL] Religious studies in the web archive: a new opportunity?

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