Dear Stevan, Thank you very much for your detailed comments. We would be happy for you to use them in a discussion. However, I would first like to clarify a few points regarding our policies, which we hope you would also add into the discussion.
In general, we do agree with your comments. But this is not an ideal world. The reason we give authors the option to use LitLink is to encourage submissions in the early phases of the project. Also, the ability to redirect to the published article is indeed optional. We hope that after a year or so, chemistry publishers will follow suit with those in physics and not restrict the post-publication of preprints in their journals. This is the mindset that we are hoping to change. In doing so, we would very much like to see preprints that have been published remain accessible on the server. Hopefully, chemistry authors, like those in physics, will soon change their mentality too. It should be noted that we are also working towards a permanently (and freely) accessible archive. The CPS has applied to be recognised as a compliant data provider by the Open Archives Initiative by complying with the Sante Fe Convention. We hope that our archive will soon be indexed and "harvestable" by other preprint servers. We were indeed interested to learn about the Harnad/Oppenheim strategy. This may need some thought on our behalf! Once again, thank you for your comments and Bryan sends his best wishes. Best regards, James James Weeks Chemistry Preprint Server Coordinator ChemWeb, Inc. 84 Theobald's Road London, WC1X 8RR United Kingdom Email: [email protected] Direct Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 4480 Main Tel: +44 (0) 20 7611 4300 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7611 4301 Internet: http://www.ChemWeb.com
