[GOAL] Re: OA and scholarly publishers

[Wise, Alicia (ELS-OXF)]

Hi all,

 

I'm glad we're now moving our conversation on in new directions, and
I'ld like to suggest one which I hope will be productive.  The
discussion on this list often seems to me be based on the assumption
that scholarly publishers are a wholly negative force in the open access
world, and a community to be avoided/undermined/mistrusted at all costs.
This feels unwarranted to me - and perhaps other publishers on this list
who are not so audacious as to stick their heads over the parapet.  So,
knowing that positive messages are powerful ways to influence:  what
positive things are established scholarly publishers doing to facilitate
the various visions for open access and future scholarly communications
that should be encouraged, celebrated, recognized?   

 

With kind wishes,

 

Alicia

 

 

Dr Alicia Wise

Director of Universal Access

Elsevier I The Boulevard I Langford Lane I Kidlington I Oxford I OX5 1GB

P: +44 (0)1865 843317 I M: +44 (0) 7823 536 826 I E: a.wise at elsevier.com
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Twitter: @wisealic

 

 

 

 

From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces at eprints.org] On
Behalf Of CHARLES OPPENHEIM
Sent: 11 May 2012 09:27
To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)
Subject: [GOAL] UK Defamation Bill and OA

 

This has just been published - see
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0005/1300
5.pdf.  Clause 6 gives special protection against defamation actions to
peer reviewed scholarly articles (the first time peer review has figured
in a piece of legislation??). This is something that scholarly
publishers will no doubt pick up on as an argument against unrefereed
green OA.

 

Charles

Professor Charles Oppenheim

 

 


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