Re: [GOAL] Open Access: "Plan S" Needs to Drop "Option B"

2018-09-15 Thread Thomas Krichel
Peter Murray-Rust writes > The situation with all commercial publishers (including many scholarly > societies) is now unacceptable. It seems perfectly acceptable to libraries who continue to pay vast amounts for subscription journals with most of the contents receiving very little use.

Re: [GOAL] Open Access: "Plan S" Needs to Drop "Option B"

2018-09-14 Thread Peter Murray-Rust
I am in agreement with Stefan. The situation with all commercial publishers (including many scholarly societies) is now unacceptable. I see very little value for the citizens of the world, who either cannot read Northern Science or can't be authors. Closed Access Means People Die, and so do

[GOAL] Open Access: "Plan S" Needs to Drop "Option B"

2018-09-14 Thread Stevan Harnad
To combine Peter Suber's post with George Monbiot 's: The only true cost (and service) provided by peer-reviewed