Re: [GOAL] DOAJ: handmaiden to despots? or, OA, let's talk

Hello all I rarely intervene here but take a chance to agree with Jean-Claude and even suggest to take care with the new current of moralisation of science that I analyse here (on its other aspects that now seem to touch open access and open science…): GLOBAL

Re: [GOAL] DOAJ: handmaiden to despots? or, OA, let's talk

Thanks Lars. DOAJ de-lists journals that fall below a certain level of activity (5 articles per year, right?) If people are relying on DOAJ to identify quality journals, this is problematic from a number of perspectives. This conflates quality and size. Frequency of publication is an

Re: [GOAL] DOAJ: handmaiden to despots? or, OA, let's talk

Many thanks for this, Lars. I believe your answer is excellent and full of good common sense. DOAJ is about OA scholarly publishing quality, not about putting pressure on potentially tyrannical governments. Given the way some governments are evolving these days, this might even lead to very

Re: [GOAL] DOAJ: handmaiden to despots? or, OA, let's talk

Hiya All, This is an issue I have thought a lot about. My work takes me to various countries, some of which might be classified as despotic. I have worked with the governments of those countries, always from the perspective of advancing open access and free learning. The question I have asked

Re: [GOAL] ‘Transformative’ open access publishing deals are only entrenching commercial power

Link takes me to a Facebook page. The actual article is behind a paywall. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/transformative-open-access-publishing-deals-are-only-entrenching-commercial-power -- Stephen From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of Jon

Re: [GOAL] DOAJ: handmaiden to despots? or, OA, let's talk

Hello Heather, We agree that “Achieving the goals of the movement requires critical reflection and occasional changes in policy and procedure”. Over the years DOAJ has done this, listening to the changed and increasing demands from the community, for instance when in 2014 we implemented

[GOAL] ‘Transformative’ open access publishing deals are only entrenching commercial power (take 2)

The first rule of mailing lists is do not post before you've had your morning coffee. Apologies for double-posting, but it seems the link in the previous message for some reason took you to Facebook. The actual link is here:

[GOAL] subject: No-fee inclusive journals, and disappointment with DOAJ

Heather Morrison in a recent post voices her disappointment that none of the journals of the Global Media Journal network nor the International Journal of Communication are included in DOAJ because these journals “are fully open access, inclusive, have no publication charges, and are the journals

Re: [GOAL] ‘Transformative’ open access publishing deals are only entrenching commercial power

Thanks Jon, On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 8:54 AM Jon Tennant wrote: > Hi list-dwellers, > > With apologies for any cross-posting. > > My latest piece is out in Times Higher Education >

Re: [GOAL] [SCHOLCOMM] ‘Transformative’ open access publishing deals are only entrenching commercial power

Jon Tennant writes > Every year, we waste billions of euros of taxpayers money on inefficient > systems with outrageous profit margins. Not "we" waste. Subscription-purchasing librarians waste. I have been calling for subscriptions to be cut for many years only to be dismissed and

[GOAL] ‘Transformative’ open access publishing deals are only entrenching commercial power

Hi list-dwellers, With apologies for any cross-posting. My latest piece is out in Times Higher Education today. It's something I've been

[GOAL] DOAJ: handmaiden to despots? or, OA, let's talk

As any movement grows and flourishes, decisions made will turn out to have unforeseen consequences. Achieving the goals of the movement requires critical reflection and occasional changes in policy and procedure.The purpose of this post is to point out that the Directory of Open Access Journals