[GOAL] new platinum open access

2013-12-19 Thread Donat Agosti
Below a success story for our (taxonomists) goal to not only provide open access but also create semantically enhanced journals based on Taxpub JATS. In this case two old prestigious journals are now published this way. Donat http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/pp-tot121813.php

[GOAL] Re: Hybrid Open Access

2013-12-19 Thread Graham Triggs
On 18 December 2013 12:07, Andrew A. Adams a...@meiji.ac.jp wrote: Graham, There is still disagreement as to the exact scope of CC-NC license. For example, a University which uses material in a MOOC for which it does not charge any fees isclearly NC. However, what about if they offer

[GOAL] open access and SCOAP3 in NZZ

2013-12-19 Thread Donat Agosti
Here is a little contribution to the OA debate and SCOAP3 in the Swiss NZZ Forscher, Bibliotheken und Verleger einigen sich auf Open-Access-Initiative Open Access, also der freie Zugang zu wissenschaftlicher Literatur, wird als eine unumgängliche Basis für eine moderne Wissensgesellschaft

[GOAL] Joint Statement on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing

2013-12-19 Thread Claire Redhead
The Committee on Publication Ethics, the Directory of Open Access Journals, the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, and the World Association of Medical Editors are scholarly organizations that have seen an increase in the number of membership applications from both legitimate and

[GOAL] Re: Elsevier, Flip your journals to Gold OA and/or offer an acceptable Hybrid Model

2013-12-19 Thread Graham Triggs
On 18 December 2013 12:47, christian.gutkne...@ub.unibe.ch wrote: 1. Flip your journals to Gold OA. Start with high ranked journals, because as you know most researchers still care. Although the true cost of publishing remains unclear (http://doi.org/kxz), I think it's safe to say, that with

[GOAL] Re: Jeffrey Beall Needlessly Compromises Credibility of Beall's List

2013-12-19 Thread Dominique Babini
I share with members of this list, some information provided by Abel Packer, Coordinator of the SciELO program. I copy him in this message .It is correct that a few journals included in SciELO collections charge APC´s. But only very few of the 1.147 journals included in SciELO from scholarly

[GOAL] Re: Elsevier, Flip your journals to Gold OA and/or offer an acceptable Hybrid Model

2013-12-19 Thread Gerritsma, Wouter
Dear G. Elsevier is doing exactly what you ask for http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131217-903941.html At least two of these are financed through SCOAP(3). That might be worth a discussion. Yours sincerely Wouter From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf

[GOAL] AOASG 2013: That was the year that was

2013-12-19 Thread Danny Kingsley
apologies for cross posting Seasons Greetings! As we wind up towards the end of 2013, it is a good time to reflect on achievements during the inaugural year of the Australian Open Access Support Group. This blog AOASG in 2013: that was the year that was

[GOAL] Institutions: Ignore Elsevier Take-Down Notices (and Mandate Immediate-Deposit)

2013-12-19 Thread Stevan Harnad
Re: http://techcrunch.com/2013/12/19/elsevier/ (Elsevier Take-Down Notice to Harvard) See Exchange on Elsevier Website: http://www.elsevier.com/connect/a-comment-on-takedown-notices *December 17, 2013 at 9:05 pm* *Stevan Harnad*: Tom, I wonder if it would be possible to drop the double-talk