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

[l.hurtado at ed.ac.uk]

The question isn't whether they're free or not, but whether they play  
major roles as venues and outlets for important Humanities  
scholarship.  And also it's still the case that traditional print  
journals involve long print cues and delays in publication.  And also  
it's the case that university libraries paying ridiculous subscription  
charges for journals in the Sciences have less funding for monographs  
(still the gold standard in Humanities), and even put pressure on  
Humanities to cut their journals.
Finally, there is the concern that the current move to "gold OA" with  
pages charges, etc., will adversely affect Humanities scholars.
So, please, no snap and simple replies.  Let's engage the problems.
Larry Hurtado

Quoting Jan Szczepanski <jan.szczepanski63 at gmail.com> on Wed, 25 Jul  
2012 22:53:06 +0200:

> Is more than sixteen thousand free e-journals in the humanities and
> social sciences of any importance in this discussion?
>
> http://www.scribd.com/Jan%20Szczepanski
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> Jan
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> 2012/7/25  <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
>>> Omega Alpha | Open Access
>>> Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology
>>> http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com
>>> oa.openaccess @ gmail.com | @OAopenaccess
>>>
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L. W. Hurtado, PhD, FRSE
Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology
Honorary Professorial Fellow
New College (School of Divinity)
University of Edinburgh
Mound Place
Edinburgh, UK. EH1 2LX
Office Phone:  (0)131 650 8920. FAX:  (0)131 650 7952
www.ed.ac.uk/divinity

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