[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-16 Thread Peter Murray-Rust
A number of us feel strongly that fee-free BOAI-compliant scholarly publishing is possible and have started a discussion on the OKFN open-access list http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-access. Initial mail from Jonathan Gray: Hi all, I'm forwarding a very interesting recent thread about

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-10 Thread Reckling, Falk, Dr.
Auftrag von Arthur Sale [a...@ozemail.com.au] Gesendet: Freitag, 10. August 2012 00:29 An: 'Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)' Betreff: [GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions Sally May I suggest we drop the ‘fairy godmother’ terminology. It seems

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-10 Thread Jean-Claude Guédon
. August 2012 11:43 An: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Cc: Laurent Romary Betreff: [GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions Good idea, Here are four such journals, all of which have been there since the 1990s

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-10 Thread Peter Murray-Rust
On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Jean-Claude Guédon jean.claude.gue...@umontreal.ca wrote: ** More precisely, reviews are financed in part by the institutions that harbour the reviewers. Reviewers are not paid; they simply can transform this work into symbolic capital if their institution

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions (was: Re: Planning for the Open Access Era)

2012-08-09 Thread Laurent Romary
Dear all, As an echo to the fourth option mentioned by Peter, I would like to gather references to journals and initiatives which are notoriously community based. Could members of the list point to what they would be aware of? Thanks in advance, Laurent Le 7 août 2012 à 16:11, Peter

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Raf Dekeyser
A good example is LIBER Quarterly, the journal of LIBER, the European Association of Research Libraries. Last year a completely new Editorial Board of 19 people was installed, organizing the peer review, and as a retired professor I am working as managing editor on a voluntary basis. Small

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Bo-Christer Björk
Good idea, Here are four such journals, all of which have been there since the 1990s: Information Research Journal of Information Technology in Construction Journal of Electronic Publishing First Monday best regards Bo-Christer Björk Journal of On 8/9/12 11:35 AM, Laurent Romary wrote:

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Laurent Romary
Thanks. Are these all managed on their own? Laurent Le 9 août 2012 à 11:42, Bo-Christer Björk a écrit : Good idea, Here are four such journals, all of which have been there since the 1990s: Information Research Journal of Information Technology in Construction Journal of Electronic

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Jan Velterop
It's a start. 27,995 or so to go. Jan On 9 Aug 2012, at 11:43, Laurent Romary wrote: Thanks. Are these all managed on their own? Laurent Le 9 août 2012 à 11:42, Bo-Christer Björk a écrit : Good idea, Here are four such journals, all of which have been there since the 1990s:

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Peter Murray-Rust
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Raf Dekeyser raf.dekey...@bib.kuleuven.bewrote: A good example is LIBER Quarterly, the journal of LIBER, the European Association of Research Libraries. Last year a completely new Editorial Board of 19 people was installed, organizing the peer review, and as

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Richard Poynder
: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Subject: [GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions Thanks. Are these all managed on their own? Laurent Le 9 août 2012 à 11:42, Bo-Christer Björk a écrit : Good idea, Here are four such journals, all of which have

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Laurent Romary
So you know 27,995 which are working without any private publisher in the loop and no author/reader fee. Laurent Le 9 août 2012 à 11:55, Jan Velterop a écrit : It's a start. 27,995 or so to go. Jan On 9 Aug 2012, at 11:43, Laurent Romary wrote: Thanks. Are these all managed on their

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Jan Velterop
No, 27,995 still to be converted :-) Jan On 9 Aug 2012, at 12:05, Laurent Romary wrote: So you know 27,995 which are working without any private publisher in the loop and no author/reader fee. Laurent Le 9 août 2012 à 11:55, Jan Velterop a écrit : It's a start. 27,995 or so to go.

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Reckling, Falk, Dr.
-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] Im Auftrag von Bo-Christer Björk Gesendet: Donnerstag, 09. August 2012 11:43 An: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Cc: Laurent Romary Betreff: [GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions Good idea, Here

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Bo-Christer Björk
Hi, The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) also welcomes individual journal members, but despite a very low yearly fee of 90 USD for such journals, rather few have joined. Journal of Information Technology in Construction is one example and I've been a board member for three

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread P Burnhill
: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Subject: [GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions Thanks. Are these all managed on their own? Laurent Le 9 août 2012 à 11:42, Bo-Christer Björk a écrit : Good idea, Here are four such journals, all of which

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Peter Murray-Rust
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Jan Velterop velte...@gmail.com wrote: No, 27,995 still to be converted :-) Jan No, 27995 - x where x is the number of new people working in an extended community mode. The 250,000 people who have helped to create Open Street Map and get it accepted as

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Richard Poynder
...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of Bo-Christer Björk Sent: 09 August 2012 11:45 To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Subject: [GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions Hi, The Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) also welcomes individual journal

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread E. Hoorn
This is known as commons-based peer production. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons-based_peer_production Esther On 9-8-2012 13:02, Peter Murray-Rust wrote: On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Jan Velterop velte...@gmail.com mailto:velte...@gmail.com wrote: No, 27,995 still to be

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Laurent Romary
] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions Good idea, Here are four such journals, all of which have been there since the 1990s: Information Research Journal of Information Technology in Construction Journal of Electronic Publishing First Monday best regards

[GOAL] Re: Publications managed by scholarly communities/institutions

2012-08-09 Thread Arthur Sale
Sally May I suggest we drop the 'fairy godmother' terminology. It seems to be suggesting an impossible dream, as in Cinderella, or alternately is meant to be pejorative. I prefer to simply talk about the sponsored payment model, to be added to the reader-side fee model and the author-side fee