[BOAI] Re: The affordability problem vs. the accessibility problem

[Allen Kleiman]

Dear Knowing Sirs:
Is this a matter of 'commerce'?
 
Suppose I own a car and offer it for sale to a rental company with the
verification of its reliability and safety by two or three mechanics of
questionable qualifications and skill. However, I want to include a
condition of sale that the buyer will make the car available to all the poor
people in my town for free since they can't afford to pay for the rental.
 
When a Publisher offers to print an article -- certified by referees of
questionable repute -- and absorb the cost of publication, distribution, and
etc., isn't he entitled to retain the rights of sale?
 
 
 

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[mailto:boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tevni Grajales
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 2:11 PM
To: boai-forum at ecs.soton.ac.uk; AmericanScientist Open Access Forum
Subject: [BOAI] Re: The affordability problem vs. the accessibility problem



Sorry, I did not realize that "information" could taken outside the context
of the Budapest Open Access Initiative in this BOAI-forum. I was talking
about " to make research articles in all academic fields freely available in
the internet" (www.doaj.org) . The point is FREELY AVAILABLE.  Do not miss
the point, the open access initiative must be faithful to its origin and
spirit.  

Tevni

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to make research articles in all academic fields freely available on the
internetFrom: boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk
[boai-forum-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk] on behalf of Stevan Harnad
[amsciforum at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 12:51 PM
To: BOAI Forum; American Scientist Open Access Forum
Subject: [BOAI] Re: The affordability problem vs. the accessibility problem


On Sun, 6 Nov 2011, Allen Kleiman wrote:

> Is there a difference between 'access to information 'and 'access to the
> publishers copy'?

Yes, a lot:

(1) "Information" can mean any information: published, confidential, public,
royalty-seeking, non-royalty-seeking, author give-away, non-author-giveaway.

(2) The primary target information of the OA movement is refereed research
journal articles, all of which, without exception, are written exclusively
for research uptake, usage and impact, not for royalty revenues.

(3) The restrictions (embargoes) that publishers place on OA self-archiving
of the author's refereed, corrected, accepted final draft are far fewer than
the restrictions on the publisher's version-or-record. (The publishers of
over 60% of journals, including almost all the top journals in each field,
already endorse OA self-archiving of the author's final draft -- but not the
publisher's version-of-record -- immediately upon publication. These are
called "green" publishers, and OA self-archiving is called "green OA.")

The OA movement is not -- and cannot be -- the movement for open access to
all "information."

It is the movement for open access to refereed research journal articles.

The author's refereed, corrected, accepted final draft is the refereed
journal article.

Access to the author's refereed, corrected, accepted final draft of a
refereed journal article is the difference between night and day for all
would-be users whose institutions cannot afford subscription access to the
publisher's version of record.

This is why the first and most urgent priority of the OA movement is to
ensure that all research institutions and funders mandate (require) the
deposit of the author's refereed, corrected, accepted final draft of every
refereed journal article in their institutional repository immediately upon
publication (with access to the deposit immediately set as Open Access for
at least 60% of the deposits from green journals, and the repository's
semi-automated "email eprint request" Button providing "Almost OA" to the
remaining 40% for individuals requesting access for research
purposes.semi-automatically with two key-presses, at the discretion of the
author).

Stevan Harnad



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