I make the distinction between gold open-access and platinum open-access. Author fees + free to reader = gold open access No author fees + free to reader = platinum open access
This discussion, I think, demonstrates that this distinction is significant and worthy of a separate appellation. Jeffrey Beall, Metadata Librarian / Associate Professor Auraria Library University of Colorado Denver 1100 Lawrence St. Denver, Colo. 80204 USA (303) 556-5936 jeffrey.be...@ucdenver.edu -----Original Message----- From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of Reckling, Falk, Dr. Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:53 AM To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Subject: [GOAL] Re: Hat Tip: Let's not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open access I think there is still a misunderstanding with Gold OA. Running a OA journal does not necesserily mean to charges article fees! Take Economics as an example: meanwhile there are some good OA journals, most of them are new but with very prominent advisory boards (which is a good predictor of being successful in the long run) a) E-conomics (institutional funding): http://www.economics-ejournal.org/ b) Theoretical Economics (society based funding): http://econtheory.org/ c) 5x IZA journals published with SpringerOpen (institutional funding): http://journals.iza.org/ d) Journal of Economic Perspective (a former subscription journal but now society based funding): http://www.aeaweb.org/jep/index.php All of them are without APCs, and that model also works in many other fields. What is needed is a very good editorial board and a basic funding by an institution/society, or by a consortium of institutions or by a charity or ... Or why not considering a megajournal in the Humanities and apply a clever business model as PEERJ tries it right now in the Life Science?: http://peerj.com/ In the end, it is up to the community to develop models which fit their needs ... Best Falk Am 26.07.2012 um 12:09 schrieb "l.hurt...@ed.ac.uk" <l.hurt...@ed.ac.uk>: > The question isn't whether they're free or not, but whether they play > major roles as venues and outlets for important Humanities > scholarship. And also it's still the case that traditional print > journals involve long print cues and delays in publication. And also > it's the case that university libraries paying ridiculous subscription > charges for journals in the Sciences have less funding for monographs > (still the gold standard in Humanities), and even put pressure on > Humanities to cut their journals. > Finally, there is the concern that the current move to "gold OA" with > pages charges, etc., will adversely affect Humanities scholars. > So, please, no snap and simple replies. Let's engage the problems. > Larry Hurtado > > Quoting Jan Szczepanski <jan.szczepansk...@gmail.com> on Wed, 25 Jul > 2012 22:53:06 +0200: > >> 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 >> > > > > L. W. 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