[BOAI] Re: [sparc-oaforum] Maney Publishing marks Open Access Week with open content

[Peter Suber]

David:  You're right.  I was moving too fast and didn't notice that Maney
was opening up access to its non-OA articles for just one week.  Thanks for
pointing it out.

     Peter


On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:29 AM, David Prosser <david.prosser at rluk.ac.uk>wrote:

> I'm not sure, but this may be one of the first ever examples of
> 'time-limited' open access.  Isn't it just a marketing wheeze?
>
> I think that they may have misunderstood - it's a week of promoting open
> access, not open access for a week!
>
> David
>
>
>
> On 25 Oct 2011, at 13:18, Peter Suber wrote:
>
> [Forwarding from Maney Publishing.  --Peter Suber.]
>
>
> *Maney Publishing marks Open Access Week with open content*
>
> Open Access Week, now in its fifth year, runs from 24-30 October 2011. It
> is an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn more
> about the potential benefits of Open Access. “Open Access” to information is
> the free, immediate, online access to scholarly research, and the right to
> use and re-use those results as you need.
>
> This is also a great opportunity for Maney and other publishers to discuss
> and review new directions in scholarly communication.
>
> To coincide with Open Access Week, Maney will be offering open access to
> all Archaeology & Heritage content from 24 October until 4 November. During
> this period we will be offering free, immediate access to the results of
> scholarly research to use and re-use as and when you need via ingenta.
>
> We are interested in finding out your opinion on a variety of aspects of
> Open Access publishing; if you would like to share your opinion, please
> complete our survey here. All  survey participants will be entered into our
> prize draw for the opportunity to win free access to a journal of your
> choice for you/your institution for 12 months.
>
> Maney Publishing understands the changing requirements of customers and has
> developed a hybrid open access business model. MORE Open Choice was
> specifically designed with the needs of science, technology and medical
> research councils in mind.  In January 2011, it was extended to cover
> humanities titles. MORE Open Choice now ensures that Maney authors across
> all disciplines are offered the opportunity to place their work in the
> public domain.
> The article processing charges during Open Access Week will be reduced for
> Archaeology and Heritage titles to £300/$480 for three months to encourage
> more Maney authors to consider whether MORE Open Choice is an appealing
> option for them.
>
> Gaynor Redvers-Mutton, Business Development Manager at Maney Publishing
> comments: “Like many, we are keen to learn more from our customers so that
> we adapt and develop to suit their needs. We hope our authors, readers and
> key intermediaries such as librarians will participate in our surveys and
> promotions during OA week and thereby provide us with the much needed
> feedback that we depend on.”
>
> Full details of Maney’s OA model are available on the website at
> www.maney.co.uk/moreopenchoice
>
>
> -ends-
>
> Maney Publishing is a leading independent publisher of academic and
> professional journals. Specialising in materials science and engineering,
> health and life sciences, and the humanities, Maney is committed to
> technical and editorial innovation for the international dissemination of
> peer-reviewed scholarship and research. With traditional values of quality
> and collaboration, Maney delivers personalised service to authors,
> societies, readers and libraries, and publishes extensively for learned
> societies, universities and professional bodies around the world. Maney’s
> offices are in Leeds and London in the UK, and Cambridge and Philadelphia in
> North America.
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> For more information please contact:
> Layla Robleh, Corporate Communications Executive, Maney Publishing
> Email: l.robleh at maney.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)113 386 8160
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