[GOAL] Re: Definition of OA and its Priorities and Obstacles

So the definition of Open Access as formulated in the BOAI is now no more than 'mortal improvisation', according to Harnad. What's happening is that for reasons of expediency, the definition of OA (which didn't represent 'Holy Writ', but an ambitious goal, for the benefit of science) is being

[GOAL] Re: Springer now publishing Open Access books

Unless I am missing it, the SpringerOpen web site does not have any specific information on the publication fee for OA books. All I could find was, "SpringerOpen books charge a publication fee at the beginning of the publication process. This fee varies depending on the number of pages per book."

[GOAL] Re: [sparc-oaforum] Re: Clarification of the new OA policy from the RCUK

Dear Tomasz, your understanding of OA is not in line with the Berlin Declaration: Open access contributions must satisfy two conditions: 1. The author(s) and right holder(s) of such contributions grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, right of access to, and a license to c

[GOAL] Re: Clarification of the new OA policy from the RCUK

Tomasz is certainly right in his reading of researchers needs and wants: Most researchers neither need nor want more than that their refereed articles should be free for all users online (Gratis OA). The BBB definition of OA has been considerably refined in the 10 years since we first improvised

[GOAL] Definition of OA and its Priorities and Obstacles, for Peter Murray-Rust

On 2012-08-28, at 4:26 AM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote: Warning: I shall get shouted down for this post. > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Stevan Harnad > wrote: > > "OA means free online access." > > When and where and by whom was this decided? It is incompatible with the > BBB definitions. > On

[GOAL] Open access Journal of Southern Religion adopts Creative Commons Attribution license

Open access Journal of Southern Religion adopts Creative Commons Attribution license Earlier this month, the long-time online open access Journal of Southern Religion (ISSN: 1094-5253) began releasing its content under a Creative Commons Attribution license. The announ

[GOAL] Re: The bibliometrics of OA

European Commission has adopted the BOAI definition for years now (at least in 2007) see for example http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-pilot-in-ec-ppt_en.pdf In a recent document http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=p

[GOAL] Re: The bibliometrics of OA

Peter, I'm with you on this. The best definition of OA is still the one formulated in the BOAI: By "open access" to [scholarly] literature, we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts

[GOAL] Re: The bibliometrics of OA

Warning: I shall get shouted down for this post. On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Stevan Harnad wrote: > OA means free online access. > > When and where and by whom was this decided? It is incompatible with the BBB definitions. One of the problems of "Open Access" as a movement is that the terms