[GOAL] Re: Hat Tip: Let's not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open access

[l.hurtado at ed.ac.uk]

Webster concisely articulates the concerns that I briefly mooted a few  
days ago.
Larry Hurtado

Quoting Omega Alpha Open Access <oa.openaccess at gmail.com> on Wed, 25  
Jul 2012 11:03:30 -0400:

> Hat Tip: Let’s not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open access
> http://wp.me/p20y83-no
>
> Nice article this morning by Peter Webster on the Research Fortnight  
> website entitled "Humanities left behind in the dash for open  
> access."  
> <http://www.researchresearch.com/index.php?option=com_news&template=rr_2col&view=article&articleId=1214091> Check it  
> out.
>
> Webster observes that much of the current conversation around the  
> growth of open access focuses on the sciences and use of an  
> “author-pays” business model. He feels inadequate attention in the  
> conversation has been given to the unique needs of humanities  
> scholarship, and why it may be harder for humanist scholars to  
> embrace open access based on the “author-pays” model.
>
> "There is no Public Library of History to match the phenomenally  
> successful Public Library of Science."
> …
>
> Your comments are welcome.
>
> Gary F. Daught
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