Thank you William.
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I had previously come to the conclusion that institutional repositories were
simply failing to reach enough acceptance to reach the OA revolution tipping
point, and open access journals are struggling. My analysis a year or so ago was
that the social media model (such as
Taylor Francis Opens Access with new OA Program!
Oxford, 16th December 2011
The New Year sees the launch of an exciting range of Open Access options
from Taylor Francis via the Taylor Francis Open program. This new
initiative is designed to give authors and their sponsors flexibility
and
Dear Jennifer,
Thanks for the news, but I'm afraid your press release is
misleading and should be corrected. You say that TF is now publishing
fully Open Access journals, but unless I've misread the licensing
arrangements this simply is not the case. A fully open access journal
is one
On 2011-12-16, at 7:36 AM, Steve Hitchcock wrote:
Stevan, Â Â Â I'm not sure why a question about better repository
indexing leads to the answer: Mandates not indexes.
It's not Mandates, not indexes.Â
It's that we won't have anything to index until/unless we mandate!
Surely
FYI
Published today
Björk BC
A Study of Innovative Features in Scholarly Open Access Journals
J Med Internet Res 2011;13(4):e115
URL: http://www.jmir.org/2011/4/e115/
doi: 10.2196/jmir.1802
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Michael Carroll has brought up some good questions about the details.
I'd like to check the details, too, but can't find them.. Is there a
URL for the announcement and preferably links to details? I can't see
one this morning on the Taylor Francis website:
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/
Based on a survey and report on OA in Latin America and the Caribbean I have
prepared this year for the  UNESCO-GOAP Global Open Access Portal, I would
mention as 2011 promising OA strategies in our region, the following: Â 1) OA
bill introduced in Congress in Argentina and  in Brazil
