The relative merits ar not known. There is a good deal of speculation on both sides, which is inevitable at this stage, and both models aer worthy of experimentation. Some ofthe advocates ofIR are quite deertain that their position is abasoluitely sure, but their difficulty in convincintg othether -- and by that I mean others who equally support OA. Anyone is is really sure of what will happen and what is best is not acting like a scientist, who requres evidence before conclusions. Dr. David Goodman Associate Professor Palmer School of Library and Information Science Long Island University [email protected]
________________________________ From: American Scientist Open Access Forum on behalf of Subbiah Arunachalam Sent: Fri 11/5/2004 10:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Research publishing and Open access - Latest developments from the Wellcome Trust: November 2004 The Wellcome Trust deserves praise for its continuing support to the Open Access movement. The Trust would do well to accept the recommendation of Prof. Stevan Harnad and decide to support authors depositing their papers in their own institutional archives rather than just a centralised archive. The relative merits are now well known. Arun (Subbiah Arunachalam)
