<html><head><base href="x-msg://349/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">"There is no "Platinum" Road to OA" <div><a href="http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/6442.html">http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/6442.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>(And the "survey" is pretty amateurish and slanted.)<br><div><br><div><div>On 2012-04-20, at 10:28 AM, Beall, Jeffrey wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I have a quibble with one of the statements on the first page of this survey. It says,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">At InTech we believe that open access publishing is an important initiative helping the work of researchers reach the widest possible audience. Open access (OA) is a new model that means authors pay a fee that covers the costs of reviewing and publishing their work, which is then free to access online for anyone around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">This self-serving definition of open access is incomplete and misleading. The definition given in the survey really only applies to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(255, 192, 0); ">gold open access</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">. There are additional types of open access, such as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(146, 208, 80); ">green</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(127, 127, 127); ">platinum</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">, that don't fit this definition.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">--Jeffrey Beall<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Jeffrey Beall, Metadata Librarian / Assistant Professor<br>Auraria Library<br>University of Colorado Denver<br>1100 Lawrence St.<br>Denver, Colo. 80204 USA<br>(303) 556-5936</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: gray; "><br></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: blue; "><a href="jeffrey.beall@ucdenver.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jeffrey.beall@ucdenver.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: blue; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span><image001.jpg></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Peter Suber [mailto:peter.suber@gmail.com]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, April 20, 2012 7:36 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>SOAF post; BOAI Forum post<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[sparc-oaforum] Role of the Librarian in an Open Access world<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; "><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; ">[Forwarding from TBI Communications, via LibLicense. --Peter Suber.]</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br>From: Jennie Johnson <<a href="mailto:jennie.johnson@tbicommunications.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jennie.johnson@tbicommunications.com</a>><br>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:23:58 +0100<br><br>*Apologies for cross-posting*<br><br>Dear all,<br><br>TBI are conducting an online survey on behalf of InTech - an Open<br>Access publisher - to gather information on the current and potential<br>future impact of Open Access on the role of the librarian and the<br>services you provide.<br><br>Help us evaluate and share how the library community is responding to<br>this evolving business model by completing a short online<br>questionnaire at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/librarian_OA_survey" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/librarian_OA_survey</a>.<br>The anonymous results will be made freely available, to help inform<br>the ongoing development of library services.<br><br>We would also like to hear from any individuals who can spare 20<br>minutes for a brief telephone interview, to share the early results of<br>this survey and explore some of the issues in more detail. If you<br>would like to contribute your views, please contact:<br><a href="mailto:jennie.johnson@tbicommunications.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">jennie.johnson@tbicommunications.com</a><br><br>All best wishes,<br><br>Jennie Johnson, TBI Communications<br>Tel:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="tel:%2B44%201865%20875896" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">+44 1865 875896</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><br></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>