On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm...@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Jan Velterop <velte...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Stevan may well be right that the repository of the U of Liege (ORBi) >> contains 3,620 chemistry papers. But apart from posters, most deposits of >> articles published in peer-reviewed journals, and even theses, are marked >> "restricted access" and not accessible to me, and 'libre' access seems >> completely out of scope. So if this is the best example of a successful OA >> repository, Peter Murray-Rust can be forgiven for getting the impression >> that compliance is essentially zero, in terms of Open Access. >> > > I am generalizing from a sample of one in Liege (ORBIS) . This says: *Reference: Ivanova, T. et al - (2012) - Preparation and characterisation of Ag incorporated Al2O3 nanocomposite films obtained by sol-gel method [ handle:2268/127219 <http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/127219> ]* *Document(s) requested:* *Tanya-CRT47-579.pdf - Publisher postprint * *The desired document is not currently available on open access. Nevertheless you can request an offprint from the author(s) through the form below. If your request is accepted you will receive by email a link allowing you access to the document for 5 days, 5 download attempts maximum. * *... * *The University expressly draws your attention to the fact that the electronic copy can only be used for the strict purposes of illustration and teaching and academic and scientific research, as long as it is not for the purposes of financial gain, and that the source, including the authorâs name is indicated. * So If I am a small business creating science-based work I am not allowed the "Open Access" from Liege. If I represent a patient group I am not allowed this material. If I am in government making eveidence-based policy I am not allowed it. It is the pernicious model that only academics need and can have access to the results of scholarship. As I have said before University repositories seem to delight in the process of restricting access. No wonder that no-one will use this repo. All it seems to do is mail the author and I can do that anyway (presumably if the author leaves the uni then the email goes nowhere). In today's market any young reseacher will use #icanhazpdf instead. I am not condoning #icanhazpdf but I am far more sympathetic to it than repos. But I have been told to shut up and I will. I'm slightly disappointed that no-one is prepared to consider the possibility we should do something different. -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069
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