Re: Ian Gibson on open access

From: Stevan Harnad <harnad_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 05:32:27 +0100

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Slide 8:

The objective of open-access self-archiving (and what will persuade
researchers to provide it):

    - is not to quarrel with, ruin or replace journals, publishers or peer
    review (at all) (Self-archiving is a supplement to, not a substitute
    for journal publication; it is done for the sake of providing access
    to all would-be research-users worldwide whose institutions cannot
    afford the publisher's official version.)

    - nor will researchers be persuaded to self-archive for the sake
    of providing access to teachers - students - the general public
    (and yet that will come with the territory...)

    - nor will researchers be persuaded to self-archive for the sake
    of providing access to the Developing World (and yet that will come
    with the territory...)

    - nor will researchers be persuaded to self-archive for the sake of
    providing access to medical information for tax-payers (and yet that
    will come with the territory...)

    - nor will researchers be persuaded to self-archive for the sake
    of making all knowledge/information free (and yet some of that will
    come with the territory...)

    - nor will researchers be persuaded to self-archive for the sake of
    relieving the budgetary problems of libraries (and yet some relief
    for access needs that exceed the budget will come with the territory...)

Slide 9:

The objective of open-access (and what will persuade researchers to self-archive,
and also persuade their institutions and funders to mandate it) is:

    - to maximize research impact

    - by maximizing research access




Stevan Harnad


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