This morning I noticed that the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN), is offering a combined free and for-pay service. Language from the SSRN website is copied below.
What are the implications for the open access movement? What (if anything) can we assume about the future of free aggregation services built on free content? >From the SSHRN website: "9. What is the charge for using the SSRN eLibrary? There is no charge to use the SSRN eLibrary. Members of the SSRN Community can access research from some the world's foremost research institutions within the eLibrary at no cost. Also, we have entered into a variety of relationships with publishers to provide access to their fee-based research through the SSRN eLibrary. See Fee Based Partner Publications for a complete list. While fee-based research is a small part of the overall eLibrary, we believe that offering the broadest array of content provides the most value to our users. These databases of papers are fully searchable and access to the abstracts is free of charge. Since the publishing partners require a site subscription or fee to download a copy of their papers, SSRN is required to charge for downloading these research papers." From: http://www.ssrn.com/en/index.cfm/ssrn-faq/#elec_lib_charge best, -- Dr. Heather Morrison Assistant Professor École des sciences de l'information / School of Information Studies University of Ottawa http://www.sis.uottawa.ca/faculty/hmorrison.html Sustaining the Knowledge Commons http://sustainingknowledgecommons.org/ [email protected] _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
