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<p>I was not aware of the existence of these lists, they are noted. But I think they are cul-de-sacs, because everyone looks to RoMEO with their APIs enabling easy integration of information in new applications. E.g. information from RoMEO is included in information
from our accreditation register for journals. See <a href="http://dbh.nsd.uib.no/kanaler/">
http://dbh.nsd.uib.no/kanaler/</a> and try searching for journals (there is an interface in English)
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<p>Such local initiatives as you mention, will become invisible. </p>
<p>We had such a national list, but took it out of service and started putting the information into RoMEO instead - there it will be visible, and used. I would suggest that this is the best way to follow ...</p>
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<b>Sendt:</b> 17. juni 2013 16:18<br>
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<b>Emne:</b> [GOAL] Re: DOAJ announces new selection criteria<br>
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<div class="O"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt">May I remind you that there exist also some national initiatives which aim to provide also self-archiving policies and follow ROMEO taxonomy? those who have been working on that have done a lot of work, consulting
web pages, contacting with editors (may times!!) to get an answer about copyright issues, licences etc., I think those should also be taken into account.<br>
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OAKlist<span style="WIDTH: 0.82%"> (AU) </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><a href="http://www.oaklist.qut.edu.au/database/Basic.action" target="_blank">http://www.oaklist.qut.edu.au/database/Basic.action</a><br>
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Dulcinea (ES) <a href="http://www.accesoabierto.net/dulcinea/?idioma=en" target="_blank">
http://www.accesoabierto.net/dulcinea/?idioma=en</a><br>
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Héloïse</span> (FR)<br>
<a href="http://heloise.ccsd.cnrs.fr/?lang=en" target="_blank">http://heloise.ccsd.cnrs.fr/?lang=en</a><br>
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Avda Agustin Escardino 7, 46980 Paterna, Valencia
Tel 963900022 ext 3121
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El 17/06/2013 15:10, Frantsvåg Jan Erik escribió:
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<pre>Being the "Norwegian RoMEO" I can assure you that Sherpa is not actively dis-interested in including journals from outside the UK. If the influx of new publishers/journals become a problem, this could change.
We have had a Norwegian project to fill RoMEO with info on Norwegian journals, in co-operation with Nottingham. There has also been a Portuguese project like ours. We know the Danes have started a similar project, and that the Swedes are thinking of doing something along the same lines.
The RoMEO statistics page (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/statistics.php?la=en&fIDnum=" target="_blank">http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/statistics.php?la=en&fIDnum=</a>|&mode=simplev ) shows clear indications that the Portuguese and Norwegian projects have had a function.
Best,
Jan Erik
Jan Erik Frantsvåg
Open Access adviser
The University Library of Tromsø
phone +47 77 64 49 50
e-mail <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jan.e.frantsvag@uit.no" target="_blank">jan.e.frantsvag@uit.no</a>
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Publications: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/6rycjns" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/6rycjns</a>
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Sendt: 12. juni 2013 22:35
Til: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci); SPARC Open Access Forum
Kopi: Lars
Emne: [GOAL] Re: DOAJ announces new selection criteria
More comments:
First, thanks very much to DOAJ for this work and for open sharing of the work-in-progress for comments, and thanks also to PLoS and others involved in the OA Spectrum - while I oppose the framework I do appreciate everything that you've done for open access and the sentiment behind the work, if not the work itself.
Whether a journal is listed in SHERPA / RoMEO is up to SHERPA / RoMEO, not something that the journal has only control over. SHERPA / RoMEO is UK-based and I am not seeing this initiative actively pursue journals outside of the interest sphere of the UK. Is SHERPA / RoMEO committed to including all of the world's journals, regardless of language? I'd like to see every journal listed in SHERPA / RoMEO, but am not convinced that a journal not listed there is not open access.
I'd suggest that this should be a desirable, not a requirement to be considered open access.
On the editorial board question: does every journal really need to have an editorial board? I can see where the transparency would help to identify quality journals, but will our desire for an easy way to identify quality journals end up defining how journals are created?
For example, a small journal could easily be run by a single editor, without an editorial board per se.
Does it really matter if a journal publishes 5 articles per year - or even whether the journal is still active? Once a journal ceases to publish, if there are quality articles still available, why not continue to make these available? A designation of active journals would be useful to keep track of the numbers, but many libraries include DOAJ lists in their collections and for this purpose it doesn't matter if the journal is still active.
Machine readability may be desirable, but not to the same extent in all fields, and may be a barrier for some journals and publishers.
Doesn't even PLoS include PDFs that are not machine-readable? I think this should be a nice-to-have, to be encouraged, but not a requirement for inclusion in DOAJ.
Author copyright retention is not necessarily an essential part of open access. For example, at a recent conference researchers explained that in their work with First Nations peoples, they are now granting copyright to the First Nations. Employees under a work for hire arrangement may not be able to claim copyright in their works. I think it's a good idea to encourage journals to leave copyright with authors, but not convinced that a journal that retains copyright in its own name could not be considered open access.
In summary, I argue for a more inclusive perspective on open access, and against stipulations for inclusion in DOAJ that may ultimately work against OA.
Earlier today I said that I strongly oppose the Open Access Spectrum.
Here are some of my reasons:
1. This document very much reflects the gold approach to open access.
For example, the two main illustrating sections on the web page are:
"PLoS journals using OAS Grid" and "Assess a Publication or Publishers with the OAS grid". This is not a neutral conceptual framework, but rather one that reflects a particular approach to open access.
2. If we accept the idea of a spectrum, be prepared for others to
develop their own spectra, whether implicit or explicit. For example, recent developments in Canada suggest that there are many who think that lengthy embargoes and national access can be equated with "open access". This reflects an implicit spectrum.
3. If we do accept the idea of a spectrum, I would argue that there
are other spectra of openness that we should consider. The real end of the spectrum for closed access involves enclosure that goes beyond when material would normally enter the public domain. A short embargo is closer to open than a longer embargo. A scholar-centered approach might prioritize the timing of sharing. For example, posting an idea for research as soon as it occurs to you is a lot more open than waiting to post the preprint.
best,
Heather Morrison
Freedom for scholarship in the internet age
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://summit.sfu.ca/item/12537" target="_blank">http://summit.sfu.ca/item/12537</a>
On 12-Jun-13, at 7:04 AM, Dom Mitchell wrote:
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<pre>The Directory of Open Access Journals (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.doaj.org" target="_blank">www.doaj.org</a>) is delighted to
announce new selection criteria and *hereby announces that these new
criteria are open for public comment until July 15th*.
The DOAJ-team has developed the criteria and our Advisory Board
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=about&uiLanguage=" target="_blank">http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=about&uiLanguage=</a>
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) has provided input and comments.
With the growth in the number of research funders, institutional open
access policies and mandates, all stakeholders involved - researchers
(as authors and readers), research managers, staff managing
publication funds, librarians, universities and research funders -
need a trusted and reliable information resource that identifies good
quality open access journals and filters out disreputable publishers.
Equally, the former have a vested interest in not being associated
with the latter.
We have tried to construct objective criteria that can facilitate
compliance verification easily.
In order to be listed in the DOAJ, a journal must meet the following
criteria:
- Journal will be asked to provide basic information (title, ISSN,
etc.), contact information, and information about journal policies
- Journal is registered with SHERPA/RoMEO
- Journal has an editorial board with clearly identifiable members
(including affiliation information)
- Journal publishes a minimum of five articles per year (does not
apply for new journals)
- Allows use and reuse at leastat the following levels (as specified
in the Open Access Spectrum,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/" target="_blank">http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/</a>)
:
- Full text, metadata, and citations of articles can be crawled and
accessed with permission (Machine Readability Level 4)
- Provides free readership rights to all articles immediately upon
publication (Reader Rights Level 1)
- Reuse is subject to certain restrictions; no remixing (Reuse Rights
Level 3)
- Allow authors to retain copyright in their article with no
restrictions (Copyrights Level 1)
- Author can post the final, peer-reviewed manuscript version
(postprint) to any repository or website (Author Posting Rights Level
2)
You may review the complete list of criteria here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlFw8p9XB3C6dHE3ZC1Hd2FMM" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlFw8p9XB3C6dHE3ZC1Hd2FMM</a>
jAweE96czRQb3NDbnc&usp=sharing
Future submissions for inclusion in to DOAJ must include the complete
set of information provided by the publisher. This information will be
publicly available in the Directory. The journals currently listed in
the DOAJ will have to go through a re- evaluation process based on the
new criteria. This work will take place over the next 12 months or so.
*DOAJ Seal of Approval* At the same time we are launching the DOAJ
Seal of Approval for Open Access Journals (in short: the DOAJ Seal) to
encourage a high practice standard. These journals will be identified
with the DOAJ Seal logo.
In addition to the more general criteria, above, required for
inclusion in the DOAJ, the following criteria must be met for a
journal to receive the DOAJ Seal:
- Provides machine readable copyright information to help search
engines identify open works
- Provides DOIs at the article level
- Provides metadata to DOAJ at the article level
- Has a digital archiving/preservation arrangement in place
- Allows use and reuse at least at the following levels (as specified
in the Open Access Spectrum,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/" target="_blank">http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/</a>)
:
+ Allows a community standard API or other protocol to crawl or
access full text, metadata, citations, and data (including
supplementary data) for articles (Open Access Spectrum: Machine
Readability Level 2)
+ Ensures generous reuse and remixing rights (Open Access Spectrum:
Reuse Rights Level 1)
+ Allows authors to post any version of their article to any
repository or website (Open Access Spectrum: Author Posting Rights
Level 1)
+++++++++++++++++++++
We are confident that the new criteria will positively contribute to
the transparency of open access. Since open access journals are a
relatively new phenomenon, and one that is continuously changing, we
will probably have to revise the criteria in a couple of years to keep
them current and up to date.
To avoid any misunderstanding, we are restating DOAJ's scope here:
The DOAJ has the ambition to continue to be the white list of open
access journals that are global in scope in terms of geography,
scientific discipline and language.
In scope: Journals that provide immediate access to scholarly
articles without reader payment, including back-files from those
journals made freely available after transitioning to open access.
Not in scope: Single articles from subscription based journals made
freely available under an open access option (hybrid articles).
Articles from subscription based journals made freely available
after an embargo period (so-called delayed open access - not a term
in our dictionary).
Your comments on the new criteria are much appreciated and will
contribute toward their implementation. Comments must be received
before 6pm CEST on Monday 15th July 2013 and should be sent to the
DOAJ Community Manager Dominic Mitchell (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dom@doaj.org" target="_blank">dom@doaj.org</a>).
Kind regards
Lars Bjørnshauge
Managing Director, DOAJ
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Avda Agustin Escardino 7, 46980 Paterna, Valencia
Tel 963900022 ext 3121
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.accesoabierto.net" target="_blank">www.accesoabierto.net</a></pre>
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