[GOAL] DOAJ: handmaiden to despots? or, OA, let's talk

[David Prosser]

I was on the Advisory Board at the time and so my comments may be discounted.

But my feeling is that the history of the DOAJ over the past few years has been that it has responded positively to very robust criticism, worked closely with the wider community in an interactive and engaged way to address such criticism, and emerged stronger as a result.

Any suggestion that the DOAJ has regarded 'all feedback / critique as anti-open access' is, in my view, hugely wide of the mark.

David


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From: goal-bounces at eprints.org <goal-bounces at eprints.org> on behalf of Guédon Jean-Claude <jean.claude.guedon at umontreal.ca>
Sent: 21 August 2019 22:18
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Subject: Re: [GOAL] DOAJ: handmaiden to despots? or, OA, let's talk

"A habit of viewing all feedback / critique as anti-open access? Can such a statement be convincingly demonstrated?  I strongly doubt it...

"...reacting defensively, as if every critic were an enemy ..."

Really? Every critic? Now, now...

IMHO, robust exchanges should not be confused with various forms of paranoia, and pointing out weaknesses in arguments is not equivalent to treating someone as an "enemy".

Jean-Claude Guédon

On 2019-08-21 4:18 p.m., Heather Morrison wrote:
Some further perspective on my comment "the open access movement has developed a habit of viewing all feedback / critique as anti-open access [emphasis added] and reacting defensively, as if every [emphasis added] critic were an enemy" reflects the history of the OA movement.

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