[GOAL] Re: open access and SCOAP3 in NZZ

[Dana Roth]

For our non-German readers ... here is the Google Tranlsated version:

"Researchers, libraries and publishers agree on Open Access Open Access Initiative, which is the free access to scientific literature, is regarded as an indispensable basis for a modern knowledge society. The possibility to evaluate the huge number of scientific works mechanically, under certain circumstances may lead to insights that manually can not deliver a single researcher. For science, open access publishers, however, is a big challenge, since their traditional business model is questioned. Therefore, there has been friction between the publishers and the Open Access movement over and over again in the past. That it can also come to an amicable solution, now promoted by the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) shows mentioned Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3)."

One wonders, however, how long the SCOAP3 business model which is based on voluntary contributions can survive?

Dana L. Roth 
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-----Original Message-----
From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces at eprints.org] On Behalf Of Donat Agosti
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 3:44 AM
To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)
Subject: [GOAL] open access and SCOAP3 in NZZ

Here is a little contribution to the OA debate and SCOAP3 in the Swiss NZZ

 Forscher, Bibliotheken und Verleger einigen sich auf Open-Access-Initiative Open Access, also der freie Zugang zu wissenschaftlicher Literatur, wird als eine unumgängliche Basis für eine moderne Wissensgesellschaft angesehen. Denn die Möglichkeit, die riesige Anzahl wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten maschinell auszuwerten, kann unter Umständen zu Erkenntnissen führen, die ein einzelner Forscher manuell nicht liefern kann. Für die Wissenschaftsverlage bedeutet Open Access allerdings eine grosse Herausforderung, da ihr traditionelles Geschäftsmodell infrage gestellt wird. Deshalb hat es in der Vergangenheit immer wieder Reibereien zwischen den Verlagen und der Open-Access-Bewegung gegeben. Dass es auch zu einvernehmlichen Lösungen kommen kann, zeigt nun das vom europäischen Laboratorium für Teilchenphysik (Cern) angeführte Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3).

More: 
http://www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft/uebersicht/forscher-bibliotheken-und-verleger-einigen-sich-auf-open-access-initiative-1.18206376

All the best

Donat


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