I would disagree with Arif Jinha, in that it is the âassertive and competitive
advocacy for mandates over Gold OA publishingâ that make AMSCI such an
interesting listserv.Â
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Dana L. Roth
Millikan Library / Caltech 1-32
1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91125
626-395-6423Â fax 626-792
When I think about Stevan Harnad another information pioneer comes to mind. The
Belgian documentalist Paul Otlet. His collaborator Henri LaFontaine, Â received
the Nobel Peace Prize. That's the kind of recognition that Stevan deserves.
Eugene Garfield , PhD. email:Â garfi...@codex.cis.upenn.eduÂ
My old friend Gene is of course being wildly over-generous. The one who deserves
honour upon honour for his pioneering contributions to scientific communication
is none other than Gene himself.
(I'll just settle for 100% Green Gratis OA mandate adoption, planet-wide --
ID/OA, please, Liege model --
Update on responses about (1) continuing the Forum (2) Richard Poynder as new
moderator:
AGAINST CONTINUING AMSCI:
ARIF JINHA: I believe it would be better to have one forum, the BOAI. This
forum has developed a doctrinal bias defined by the values and personality of
its leadership. Though t
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Arif Jinha wrote:
Dear friends,
we need to officially create an accepted and updated citation style.
It is not clear who "we" are, nor why we need to create a  new citation style.
This is a Forum for the discussion of strategy and policy for generat
Dear friends,
we need to officially create an accepted and updated citation style.
However, print publication has a production and preservational value that
ought to be preserved. A publisher may easily deliver their highest-quality
journals in print, while publishing the same articles online in
