In response to a post on the mass resignation of the Journal of Library
Administration, Informa.plc, the multinational conglomerate working under its
scholar-friendly-sounding brand Taylor Francis, posted this note about
self-archiving:
Under our LIS pilot program, authors can freely post
I followed Heather's link...perhaps there's another somewhere else Heather's
is from Taylor and Francis Regional director for Australia Sarah
Blatchford...She cites policy LIS Author Rights Policy, at the following
link:http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk/preparation/lisrights.asp
about the
My mistake, Informa appears to be the umbrella organization for TF:
http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/
Also, the policy on author posting might date from 2009
Chuck Hamaker
From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [goal-boun...@eprints.org] on behalf of Heather
Journal publisher boycotts (actual and proposed) and journal editorial
board walk-outs (actual and proposed) have repeatedly been tried across the
years, and have had very limited (if any) success (if the goal was to
generate OA).
What is successful in generating OA is for researchers to
Dear all,
Times Higher Education has published an article titled French scholars
say ‘oui’ to open access. Here it is.
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/french-scholars-say-oui-to-open-access/2002825.article
We have organized two days ago an open access meeting in Paris Sorbonne.
The
It would be more accurate to state that informa.plc owns Taylor Francis (see
the company informa About page) rather than that informa is the umbrella
organization. The purpose of TF is to earn profits for informa.plc
shareholders. Informa may prefer that scholars and librarians not focus on
