On 2013-10-23, at 3:06 PM, David Wojick wrote:
> Oh I see, Stevan. The subscription journals go out of business, just as I
> thought. I was afraid I had missed something in the analysis. Glad we agree.
>
> To return to the original point, at this time the US Government has no
> interest in
A new Q&A in a series exploring the current state of Open Access has been
published. This one is with Michelle Willmers, Project Manager of the
OpenUCT Initiative at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa.
A former journal publishing manager, Michelle Willmers was drawn to the Open
A
And when openess prevails - how do we support quality? (Peer review??? who will
be the peers in this open open world??) What happens when myriad points of view
- many legitimate, many not - all have their own publication silos - all
denigrating / ignoring / competing with the others - for all so
hi Michael,
Peer review or other forms of academic quality control (editorial, funding
agency review, thesis, tenure and promotion, hiring committees etc.) has never
depended on the subscription or purchase models. For that matter, most of the
more stringent forms of quality control in academia
