[GOAL] The future of GOAL

[Richard Poynder]

Dear List Members,

 

Since 2011 the GOAL mailing list has been hosted by the Electronics and
Computer Science department at Southampton University, for which many thanks
to them.  

 

In September, I posted a message to the list noting that discussions about
open access have now become mainstream and the reality is that much of the
debate now tends to take place elsewhere, not least on Twitter. I added,
however, that I am happy to continue moderating the list if members want it
to continue. 

 

Since then (just before Christmas) the list suffered a technical problem
that has yet to be fixed and I am told by ECS that they are no longer able
to support GOAL - so it is not clear it will ever be fixed. It has been
suggested that I look for another venue - e.g., Jisc, which runs a mailing
list service. 

 

What is not clear to me, however, is whether there is still demand for the
list. Any thoughts? 

 

I am copying in Jisc in case anyone there wants to comment. 

 

Best wishes,

 

 

 

Richard Poynder

GOAL Mailing list

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