On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Jan Velterop wrote:
> Given these difficulties and imponderables associated with 'green', I
> believe that 'gold' has a much better chance to lead to a stable open
> access. And the argument that 'green' would be cheaper is not
> substantiated. In fact, 'gold' is
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:
* is there any *contractual* relationship between a Green-publisher and any
> legal body? Or is Green simply a permission granted unilaterally by
> publishers when they feel like it, and withdrawable when they don't.
>
Green publishers st
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Jan Velterop wrote:
> Peter,
>
> There is no contractual 'green' as far as I am aware. It is just a --
> reluctant -- permission (or less, a lack of explicit prohibition). From a
> publisher's point of view it was for a long time OK to allow 'green' as the
> calcu
Peter,
There is no contractual 'green' as far as I am aware. It is just a -- reluctant
-- permission (or less, a lack of explicit prohibition). From a publisher's
point of view it was for a long time OK to allow 'green' as the calculation was
that it would be chaotic, and no real threat to subs
An interview with the Vice-Provost (Research) at University College London,
Professor David Price.
Some quotes:
"Economic modelling shows that, for research universities, the Green route
to OA is more cost effective than the Gold. Under Gold Research Councils and
Universities will have to find m
I have some simple questions about Green OA. I don't know the answers.
* is there any *contractual* relationship between a Green-publisher and any
legal body? Or is Green simply a permission granted unilaterally by
publishers when they feel like it, and withdrawable when they don't.
* if Green sta
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1. The Finch Report is a successful case of lobbying by publishers to
protect the interests of publishing at the expense of the interests of
research itself and the public that funds it:
http://www.researchinfonet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Finch-Group-report-FINAL-VERSIO
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