Couture Marc writes > As previous messages in this thread clearly show, the ultimate fate > of the subscription model, and how it will unfold, is completely > unknown,
Stevan has written many times that open access is optimal and inevitable. If you accept this what room is there left for subscriptions? I don't see any. > Stevan points out that actions or policies which may seem justified > locally, because they allow for short term savings, can be globally > harmful in the long term. Cutting subscriptions is benefical locally, because it saves money and/or allows to improve institutional visibility. And it is beneficial globally as it increases incentives for academics to make papers available in IRs or with open access publishers because otherwise they loose more impact. Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel skype:thomaskrichel _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
