By "unanimity" I believe Professor Harnad means among people he knows.
Joe Esposito On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Rick Anderson <rick.ander...@utah.edu>wrote: > there is unanimity among researchers about desiring -- even if not > daring, except if mandated, to provide -- OA to peer-reviewed journal > articles > > > If researchers unanimously desired OA, then there would be an OA mandate > on every campus. Nothing is stopping the faculty from requiring OA of > themselves except their own ambivalence about it—an ambivalence which is > deep, real, and widespread. This ambivalence can be seen in the nature of > those mandates that do exist on campuses, which are almost invariably not > mandates at all, but rather expressions of institutional preference thinly > disguised as mandates. > > One of the things hobbling the growth of OA is a mindset that assumes > everyone obviously wants OA, and that shouts down critical questions as > heretical rather than treating them seriously as expressions real and > well-informed concern. Take it from someone working with real-world faculty > at a real-world Research I university: in the real world, researchers are > ambivalent about OA. Not against it, but ambivalent about it: they see > benefits, they see costs, they're not sure that they fully comprehend all > of the benefits and all of the costs, and many are unsure how the benefits > and costs will ultimately balance out for them. Until they're certain the > costs will outweight the benefits, many researchers are unwilling simply to > run to the OA barricades just because someone says they should. (And it's > this kind of independent and critical thinking, incidentally, that tends to > make a good researcher.) > > --- > Rick Anderson > Assoc. Dean for Scholarly Resources & Collections > Marriott Library, University of Utah > Desk: (801) 587-9989 > Cell: (801) 721-1687 > rick.ander...@utah.edu > -- Joseph J. Esposito Processed Media esposi...@gmail.com @josephjesposito +Joseph Esposito
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