And this is my response: And concerned you should be. Personally, I will avoid publishing in your journals.
This decision simply demonstrates that at Emerald, business trumps scholarship and its needs. But then, who should be surprised when for-profit outfits meddle with the great conversation of knowledge construction? Their objective is money, not knowledge. Their objective is wealth for a few as against knowledge for all. And do not let the alleged distributive powers of the invisible hand fool you! Jean-Claude Guédon Le vendredi 21 juin 2013 à 13:51 +0100, Richard Poynder a écrit : > Forwarding from the Scholcomm mailing list. > > > > > > *Apologies for cross-posting* > > > > The staff and directors at Emerald have naturally been concerned about > the feedback to the launch of its Gold Open Access model and the > approach to self-archived content that is subject to a mandate. > Emerald has demonstrated a long-term commitment to the LIS community > and we recognize that our policy has marked an important part of this > relationship. > > > > Emerald has had a Green Open Access policy for over a decade. We > support authors who personally wish to self-archive the pre- or > post-print version of their article on their own website or in a > repository; authors can do this immediately upon official publication > of their paper. This principle continues to underpin our Green OA > policy and remains unchanged. Our understanding is that a large > proportion of our authors who wish to make their post-prints open > access are currently accommodated through this approach. > > > > In more recent times the need to provide a Gold route for all authors > has emerged in some countries, and we have responded to this with the > introduction of a Gold OA model in April 2013. This has provided an > alternative route to OA for researchers who are mandated to make their > papers Open Access immediately, or after a specified period. We also > set the Article Processing Charge (APC) at a relatively low level to > assist authors. We do recognize this is an evolving landscape with > policies and advice changing rapidly around the world, and as such we > wish to work with our communities to develop models that are in the > best interests of both our authors and the titles. > > > > Due to the recognized half-life of social science research, Emerald > has followed guidance in reviewing its approach, and has requested > that authors wait 24 months before depositing their post-prints if a > mandate is in place. Where a mandate exists for deposit immediately on > publication or with a shorter mandate but no APC fund is provided, we > invite all authors to contact us. There has not been an author or > repository manager request to place a post-print in a repository that > we have not agreed to, but we now need to monitor and fully assess the > long-term impacts upon the titles. > > > > In the second half of 2013 we are putting together an advisory group > of editors and authors from across the disciplines in which we publish > to help shape our approach in this dynamic environment in the future. > We are also continuing to support our communities through innovative > solutions such as the agreement with IFLA whereby papers that have > their origins in an IFLA conference or project have the opportunity to > be published in one of Emerald’s LIS journals and become freely > accessible nine months after publication, as well as a number of other > collaborations currently in the pipeline. > > > > We are committed to finding solutions that are both beneficial for our > authors and ensure the sustainability of research communication in the > subject disciplines we serve. Therefore, we will regularly review our > global approach going forwards, in consultation with this advisory > group of editors and authors. > > > > The full policy can be found at: > http://www.emeraldinsight.com/openaccess.htm. > > > > On behalf of > > > > Rebecca Marsh > > Director of External Relations and Services | Emerald Group Publishing > Limited > > > > & > > > > Tony Roche > > Publishing Director | Emerald Group Publishing Limited > > > > Howard House | Wagon Lane > > Bingley, BD16 1WA | UK > > Tel: +44 (0) 1274 777700 | Fax: +44 (0)1274 785200 > [email protected] | www.emeraldinsight.com > > > > > > > Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Registered Office: Howard House, > Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1WA United Kingdom. Registered in England > No. 3080506, VAT No. GB 665 3593 06 > > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal -- Jean-Claude Guédon Professeur titulaire Littérature comparée Université de Montréal
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