Is more than sixteen thousand free e-journals in the humanities and social sciences of any importance in this discussion?
http://www.scribd.com/Jan%20Szczepanski Jan 2012/7/25 <l.hurt...@ed.ac.uk>: > Webster concisely articulates the concerns that I briefly mooted a few > days ago. > Larry Hurtado > > Quoting Omega Alpha Open Access <oa.openacc...@gmail.com> on Wed, 25 > Jul 2012 11:03:30 -0400: > >> Hat Tip: Let’s not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open access >> http://wp.me/p20y83-no >> >> Nice article this morning by Peter Webster on the Research Fortnight >> website entitled "Humanities left behind in the dash for open >> access." >> <http://www.researchresearch.com/index.php?option=com_news&template=rr_2col&view=article&articleId=1214091> >> Check it >> out. >> >> Webster observes that much of the current conversation around the >> growth of open access focuses on the sciences and use of an >> “author-pays” business model. He feels inadequate attention in the >> conversation has been given to the unique needs of humanities >> scholarship, and why it may be harder for humanist scholars to >> embrace open access based on the “author-pays” model. >> >> "There is no Public Library of History to match the phenomenally >> successful Public Library of Science." >> … >> >> Your comments are welcome. >> >> Gary F. Daught >> Omega Alpha | Open Access >> Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology >> http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com >> oa.openaccess @ gmail.com | @OAopenaccess >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GOAL mailing list >> GOAL@eprints.org >> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal >> >> > > > > L. W. Hurtado, PhD, FRSE > Emeritus Professor of New Testament Language, Literature & Theology > Honorary Professorial Fellow > New College (School of Divinity) > University of Edinburgh > Mound Place > Edinburgh, UK. EH1 2LX > Office Phone: (0)131 650 8920. FAX: (0)131 650 7952 > www.ed.ac.uk/divinity > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal -- Jan Szczepański F.d Förste bibliotekare och chef för f.d Avdelningen för humaniora vid Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek E-post: jan.szczepansk...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
