[GOAL] Re: FW: [SCHOLCOMM] Message from Emerald for Librarians

[Jean-Claude Guédon]

And this is my response:

And concerned you should be. Personally, I will avoid publishing in your
journals. 

This decision simply demonstrates that at Emerald, business trumps
scholarship
and its needs. But then, who should be surprised when for-profit outfits
meddle
with the great conversation of knowledge construction? Their objective
is
money, not knowledge. Their objective is wealth for a few as against
knowledge
for all. And do not let the alleged distributive powers of the invisible
hand
fool you!

Jean-Claude Guédon

Le vendredi 21 juin 2013 à 13:51 +0100, Richard Poynder a écrit :
> Forwarding from the Scholcomm mailing list.
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> *Apologies for cross-posting*
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> The staff and directors at Emerald have naturally been concerned about
> the feedback to the launch of its Gold Open Access model and the
> approach to self-archived content that is subject to a mandate.
> Emerald has demonstrated a long-term commitment to the LIS community
> and we recognize that our policy has marked an important part of this
> relationship.
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> Emerald has had a Green Open Access policy for over a decade. We
> support authors who personally wish to self-archive the pre- or
> post-print version of their article on their own website or in a
> repository; authors can do this immediately upon official publication
> of their paper. This principle continues to underpin our Green OA
> policy and remains unchanged. Our understanding is that a large
> proportion of our authors who wish to make their post-prints open
> access are currently accommodated through this approach. 
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> In more recent times the need to provide a Gold route for all authors
> has emerged in some countries, and we have responded to this with the
> introduction of a Gold OA model in April 2013. This has provided an
> alternative route to OA for researchers who are mandated to make their
> papers Open Access immediately, or after a specified period. We also
> set the Article Processing Charge (APC) at a relatively low level to
> assist authors. We do recognize this is an evolving landscape with
> policies and advice changing rapidly around the world, and as such we
> wish to work with our communities to develop models that are in the
> best interests of both our authors and the titles. 
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> Due to the recognized half-life of social science research, Emerald
> has followed guidance in reviewing its approach, and has requested
> that authors wait 24 months before depositing their post-prints if a
> mandate is in place. Where a mandate exists for deposit immediately on
> publication or with a shorter mandate but no APC fund is provided, we
> invite all authors to contact us. There has not been an author or
> repository manager request to place a post-print in a repository that
> we have not agreed to, but we now need to monitor and fully assess the
> long-term impacts upon the titles.
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> In the second half of 2013 we are putting together an advisory group
> of editors and authors from across the disciplines in which we publish
> to help shape our approach in this dynamic environment in the future.
> We are also continuing to support our communities through innovative
> solutions such as the agreement with IFLA whereby papers that have
> their origins in an IFLA conference or project have the opportunity to
> be published in one of Emerald’s LIS journals and become freely
> accessible nine months after publication, as well as a number of other
> collaborations currently in the pipeline.
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> We are committed to finding solutions that are both beneficial for our
> authors and ensure the sustainability of research communication in the
> subject disciplines we serve. Therefore, we will regularly review our
> global approach going forwards, in consultation with this advisory
> group of editors and authors.
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> The full policy can be found at:
> http://www.emeraldinsight.com/openaccess.htm.
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> On behalf of 
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> Rebecca Marsh
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> Director of External Relations and Services | Emerald Group Publishing
> Limited 
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> Tony Roche
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> Publishing Director | Emerald Group Publishing Limited 
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Jean-Claude Guédon
Professeur titulaire
Littérature comparée
Université de Montréal

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