[BOAI] Effect of Green OA on Publishers

[Iryna Kuchma]

[Forwarded message from David Prosser]

Dear All

As many of you know, the European Commission has funded a project - PEER -
over the past few years to look at what effect, if any, green OA through
embargoed access would have on publishers - both in terms of downloads at
the publisher sites and subscriptions.

Today in Brussels the PEER project reported on its findings.  The meeting
opened with a flying visit from the Commissioner for Info Soc and Vice
President of the Commission, Neelie Kroes.  Madam Kroes is a strong
supporter of OA and gave a straight message to the audience - Open Access
is not a luxury, but a necessity; OA is vital for growth and sharing
knowledge benefits society and the economy; and traditional ways of doing
things have no favoured status - we all need to change. She said that the
EC is working on OA recommendation to all the member states.

After that, we began to get the results.  Others will write in more details
I'm sure, complete with caveats and health warnings, but the headlines are:

1. There is no evidence of any harm to publishers as a result of embargoed
green OA
2. There is evidence of increased total usage through green OA
3. There is evidence that green OA through the PEER project actually drives
usage at the publisher site.

An economic analysis also suggested that the cost of organising peer review
is $250 per submission - an interesting factoid.

More details of the PEER project can be found at
http://www.peerproject.eu/ while
Madam Kroes' speech is at:

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/392&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en


Best wishes

David




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