Rentier makes some good points here. May I add that if deposit in the IR becomes THE way to report to the tenure and promotion committee and funding agencies, this could actually save researchers a lot of time? Currently we do need to report our publications, often to multiple venues with different formatting requirements. I think time comparison studies (current vs Liege style) would be a good investment of time.
[Disclosure: I am an academic with a personal and professional interest in spending fewer evenings and weekends reformatting my CV and more time getting on with research]. Best, Heather Morrison > On Nov 18, 2013, at 1:59 AM, "brent...@ulg.ac.be" <brent...@ulg.ac.be> wrote: > > Libraries are definitely places where awareness occurs. They are the > sentinels. However, they don't have enough power (generally) to impose Open > Access as a permanent reflex with researchers. > The only way researchers can be convinced is through mandatory pressure from > the funders and/or the Academic authorities. And the only way mandates can be > imposed is through the research assessment procedures. Everything else > lingers or fails. > (82% compliance with incitative mandates instead of 8% on average with 'soft' > mandates). > If the pressure is applied through Green OA mandates, academic freedom is > fully respected. All it takes is 5 minutes (max) extra work for each new > publication (usually not a daily task). > Considering the benefits for the author(s), the mandate soon becomes > accessory. > >>> Le 17 nov. 2013 à 23:11, Bjoern Brembs <b.bre...@gmail.com> a écrit : >>> >>> On Friday, November 15, 2013, 1:09:13 AM, you wrote: >>> >>> The political approach may be necessary to get OA >>> enacted, but we need to implement OA in such a way that it >>> is immune from political influence. In my book, that seems >>> to be a perfect role for libraries. >> >> This is a serious problem with mandates: they are liable to political >> influence - and billions in $$$ pay for plenty of political influence, way >> more than we can ever dream of having. >> >> I thus support Eric's motion: we need to move everything in-house, away from >> any political influence. Libraries are the natural place for that. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Bjoern >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Björn Brembs >> --------------------------------------------- >> http://brembs.net >> Neurogenetics >> Universität Regensburg >> Germany >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
