For ease of access,
http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/104/04/0403.pdf is the
editorial's URL.
Seb Schmoller
On 22/02/2013 16:59, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote:
Friends:
Here is an editorial by Prof. Padmabhan Balaram in CURRENT SCIENCE dated
25 Feb 2013. It deserves wide circulation.
Bernius, S., Hanauske, M., Dugall, B. and König, W. (2013), Exploring the
effects of a transition to open access: Insights from a simulation
studyhttp://www.is-frankfurt.de/publikationenNeu/ExploringtheEffectsofaTransiti4353.pdf.
J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.. doi: 10.1002/asi.22772
The Open Access (OA)
The new US OATP Presidential
Directivehttp://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf
requiring
the largest US funding agencies to mandate OA within 12 months of
publication is a wonderful step forward for the entire planet.
Here are some crucial
There is no reason to support one method over the other in particular,
simply because the success of any strategy is also highly dependent upon
local conditions. There are situations where the passage to green OA is
not practicable. In such a case, the alternative is simple: either try
the Gold
Here is a message I sent to the US White House about the OATP Presidential
mandate.
First I would like to express my support and thanks for the announcement of
the policy on open access to scientific literature announced by Dr John
Holdren. This is an important expansion of themove towards
