I find that distinction very useful, although mixed models like small submission fees, OA subscriptions (PEERJ) and others seem to arise ...
Platinum OA actually implies that public research institutions (incl. charities) should (at least partly) increase their funding of academic OA publishing. Not only to support OA as such but also because ... a) it helps smaller disciplines of all areas where third party funding is significantly lower as in the big disciplines of the Life and Natural Sciences. b) it could help to mitigate the price development for APCs by commercial publishers Best, Falk ___________________________________________________________________ Falk Reckling, PhD Humanities & Social Science Strategic Analysis, Open Access Department Head Austrian Science Fund Sensengasse 1 A-1090 Vienna Tel: +43-1-505 67 40-8301 Mobile: +43-699-19010147 Email: falk.reckl...@fwf.ac.at http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/contact/personen/reckling_falk.html -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] Im Auftrag von Beall, Jeffrey Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. Juli 2012 14:17 An: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Betreff: [GOAL] Re: Hat Tip: Let's not leave Humanities behind in the dash for open access 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. 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 _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
