2009/2/11 Stevan Harnad <[email protected]>: >> Klaus Graf: >> >> It is wrong to think mandates are the only way to fill the >> repositories... "Cream of Science" project in the NL had a very >> high OA rate. > > Despite the enormous value and importance of Netherlands "Cream of Science" > and the DARE project, its award-winning architect, Leo Waaijers has a rather > different view ...
The short email conversation says nothing on CREAM OF SCIENCE. Don't confuse DARE and Cream of Science which is a subset of DARE. "Cream of Science showcases prominent research from the Netherlands. The website lists the names of 217 top Dutch academics, providing worldwide access to their 48,559 publications. About 60% of these can be accessed full text. These full-text publications are a subset of NARCIS and DAREnet." 60 % is a very high rate. It was a project which has shown that the leading scholars of a small European countries support OA. That's the fact. If DARE is unable to learn from the CoS experience then this isn't an argument against CoS. Klaus Graf
