On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Bosman, J.M. <j.bos...@uu.nl> wrote:
> Stevan, > > > > What makes you think the Dutch and UK releases are coordinated? > Because of the timing of the two announcements -- and the fact that the UK announcement (which will be released on Monday but was drafted several weeks ago) already mentions the new Netherlands Gold OA policy. (No coincidence: both the UK and the publishers' lobby have been lobbying feverishly for the UK Gold policy, in order not to leave the UK the only one backing it; now they've managed to recruit another gull in the Netherlands, not coincidentally the other journal fleet publishing capital.) *From:* goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] *On > Behalf Of *Stevan Harnad > *Sent:* zaterdag 16 november 2013 20:35 > *To:* Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) > *Cc:* LibLicense-L Discussion Forum; jisc-repositories > *Subject:* [GOAL] Alert: Some coordinated action from the Big Publishing > Lobby in the UK & Netherlands > > > > Finch II has obviously timed its press release Monday to coincide with a > similar one from the other home-base of Reed-Elsevier, the Netherlands: > > > > Here are some quick Google Translation excerpts from just-released the > Dutch Gold OA Manifesto, clearly timed to coincide with Finch II's > reaffirmation of its Gold preference, for which the Press Release will > appear tomorrow. > > > > I'll comment on Finch II shortly. The publishing Lobby is obviously in > overdrive -- Gold mandates, pre-emptive payment, hybrid Gold, Extended Big > Deals to sustain current revenue levels during "transition"… --- > > > > But don't worry, there is neither the money nor the imbecility worldwide > to buy into such a publisher fantasy scheme. It is no coincidence that this > drive is coming from UK & Netherlands where the big publishers and their > lobbyists are based. (in the US, all they have is the FIRST Act.) The > nuclear weapon that will defend against this is…: The Immediate-Deposit > Mandate & Button... > > > > Excerpts from http://t.co/BCEXH3YmCd > > Sander Dekker, Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands: > > > > "A clear choice in favour of Open Access publications; the transition > process provides the necessary speed and shortens the transition period, > thus avoiding unnecessary additional costs... . > > > > "The Green road is the form in which the author publishes an article in a > journal. In addition, the author deposits a version of the article in Open > Access electronic archive ( repository ). There are both discipline-based > and university-based repositories. The system of paid subscriptions to > journals continues. Publishers often negotiate embargo periods that can > range from several months to several years before an article can be made OA > through a repository. During the embargo period, only the paid version of > the journal accessible. This constitutes a source of revenue for > publishers. Moreover, there are publisher restrictions on the version of an > article in the repository. Sometimes this may only be the version that has > not yet been peer reviewd... > > > > "Netherlands is in a special position because it has a number of major > scientific publishers within its borders. That makes dialogue between > science and the Dutch publishing possible... > > > > "In the UK, a national committee chaired by Dame Janet Finch laid the > foundation for the Open Access policy of the United Kingdom. The report of > the Commission Finch serves as a solid standard . It contains a thorough > analysis of developments and progress. The Committee notes that due to the > major changes it is imperative that all players act together and she > advises to achieve by focusing on Open Access journals. Transition > Following this advice, the British government earmarked 10 million pounds > for Open Access. The initial signs indicate that this has not led to an > accelerated transition , but rather a continuation of the transition... > > > > "The transition to the Golden Road: My preference is for Open Access > publishing in journals that make their articles accessible free, the > Golden road. My aim is to achieve OA within ten years: a full transition to > Open Access Golden Road by 2024. to achieve this, at least 60 percent of > the scientific publications Open Access should be available in about five > years through the Gold OA journals... > > > > "The real change can only be achieved if we work together at the > international level with National cooperation and coordination equally > important... > > > > "Open Access in the coming years: Dutch universities, KNAW and NWO should > give priority to Open Access Golden road... > > > > "While the publishers have not yet made the transition to Open Access > Golden road I prefer hybrid Open Access, where the institution pays for > publication in a traditional journal... > > > > "For disciplines where the potential for Gold Open Access journals is > still limited, it is possible to provide OA via the Green road... > > > > "1. Consultation with likeminded countries: I will get in touch with a > number of like-minded countries to promote and acceleration Open Access. I > refer primarily to the United Kingdom and Germany . This is because there > are a large number of important commercial and academic publishers in the > Netherlands and in these two countries i. In addition, Denmark, Finland, > Belgium and France are leading like-minded countries... > > > > "2. Create conditions under which open access possible: An important > momentum in the transition to Open Access publications when the scientific > organizations and major scientific publishers agree on subscriptions to > scientific journals . This 'big deals' always apply for some years…." > > > > "3. reports: If the parties concerned are not sufficiently committed , or > developments in insufficient progress , the minister and I imagine that the > obligation to publish Gold OA to be included in the Law on Higher > Education in 2016 Open Access and Research Act (WHW )…." > > > > Sander Dekker, Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > >
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