The problem with the green way is mainly that it is a parasitic and has no life of it's own. More like a virus. The way scientists has taken is the golden road. That is creating their own journals and a complete free new infrastructure that has nothing to do with the commercial. This has been created without threats, force or mandates.
Jan Klaus Graf wrote: > I have replied there: > > http://archiv.twoday.net/search?q=button > > (i) The button is making scholars to beggars. > > (ii) There is evidence that asking directly the author is more > successful. Having used the button without success a following direct > mail would diminish the chances. > > (iii) My own experiences with the button (for test purposes) have > shown that the success rate is low. > > (iv) DON'T LET THE AUTHOR DECIDE IF DARK OR OPEN. If there are no > cogent copyright reasons DON'T ACCEPT dark deposits. > > (v) DON'T ACCEPT DARK DEPOSITS WITHOUT FIXED EMBARGO TERM. > > Klaus Graf > > 2010/2/3 C.J.Smith <c.j.sm...@open.ac.uk>: > >> Members of this list may be interested in a blog post Iâve just written on >> the ârequest copyâ button used by some repositories (including my own). >> Iâd >> welcome your responses not only on this list, but also as comments to the >> blog post itself. >> >> >> >> http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/ORO/?p=92 >> -- De Ã¥sikter som framförs här är mina personliga och inte ett uttryck för Göteborgs universitets- biblioteks hÃ¥llning Opinions expressed here are my own and not those of the Gothenburg University Library Jan Szczepanski Förste bibliotekarie Goteborgs universitetsbibliotek Box 222 SE 405 30 Goteborg, SWEDEN Tel: +46 31 7861164 Fax: +46 31 163797 E-mail: jan.szczepan...@ub.gu.se
