What's in a Word? To "Legislate" and/or to "Legitimize": the Double-Meaning of (Open Access) "Mandate"

2009-07-04 Thread Stevan Harnad
Commentary on:  Shieber, Stuart (2009) University open-access policies as mandates. The Occasional Pamphlet on scholarly communication. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2009/06/30/university-open-access-poli cies-as-mandates/ What's in a Word? To "Legislate" and/or t

Report on the Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information Online

2009-07-04 Thread Uhlir, Paul
The report announced below is focused on improving the understanding of different access and reuse policies for public sector information on digital networks --including publicly produced scientific information. Paul Uhlir Dear Colleague, While governme

Re: Submission Fees (was: RE: "Overlay Journals" Over Again...)

2009-07-04 Thread Stevan Harnad
A subscription journal charging submission fees (or acceptance fees or both) seems like a bit of double- (or triple-) dipping , unless it is honestly faithfully and fully translated into lower subscription fees. It is very likely that if and when universal Green Open Access (as a result of universa