"There is no "Platinum" Road to OA" http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/6442.html
(And the "survey" is pretty amateurish and slanted.) On 2012-04-20, at 10:28 AM, Beall, Jeffrey wrote: > I have a quibble with one of the statements on the first page of this survey. > It says, > > At InTech we believe that open access publishing is an important initiative > helping the work of researchers reach the widest possible audience. Open > access (OA) is a new model that means authors pay a fee that covers the costs > of reviewing and publishing their work, which is then free to access online > for anyone around the world. > > This self-serving definition of open access is incomplete and misleading. The > definition given in the survey really only applies to gold open access. There > are additional types of open access, such as green and platinum, that don't > fit this definition. > > --Jeffrey Beall > > > Jeffrey Beall, Metadata Librarian / Assistant Professor > Auraria Library > University of Colorado Denver > 1100 Lawrence St. > Denver, Colo. 80204 USA > (303) 556-5936 > jeffrey.beall at ucdenver.edu > > <image001.jpg> > > > > From: Peter Suber [mailto:peter.suber at gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:36 AM > To: SOAF post; BOAI Forum post > Subject: [sparc-oaforum] Role of the Librarian in an Open Access world > > [Forwarding from TBI Communications, via LibLicense. --Peter Suber.] > > > From: Jennie Johnson <jennie.johnson at tbicommunications.com> > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:23:58 +0100 > > *Apologies for cross-posting* > > Dear all, > > TBI are conducting an online survey on behalf of InTech - an Open > Access publisher - to gather information on the current and potential > future impact of Open Access on the role of the librarian and the > services you provide. > > Help us evaluate and share how the library community is responding to > this evolving business model by completing a short online > questionnaire at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/librarian_OA_survey. > The anonymous results will be made freely available, to help inform > the ongoing development of library services. > > We would also like to hear from any individuals who can spare 20 > minutes for a brief telephone interview, to share the early results of > this survey and explore some of the issues in more detail. If you > would like to contribute your views, please contact: > jennie.johnson at tbicommunications.com > > All best wishes, > > Jennie Johnson, TBI Communications > Tel: +44 1865 875896 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/attachments/20120420/867a83a3/attachment.html
