[GOAL] Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences: good model for noncommercial

This journal has some language that strikes me as a good model for commercial / noncommercial: For commercial use no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise,

[GOAL] [EIFL-all] Celebrating 15 years

Annual Report Learn how EIFL made a difference in 2014 Dear friends of EIFL, I am pleased to share with you that the 2014 edition of our Annual Report is now online. This report celebrates our 15th anniversary by sharing with you stories from some of the people whose lives

[GOAL] Gold not green: Academy Publisher

The fully old OA Journal of Computers, listed in DOAJ, requires a copyright transfer and the author rights listed in the copyright transfer with respect to self-archiving are: The right to make copies of the Work for internal distribution within the institution which employes the author. from:

[GOAL] Re: In Defence of Elsevier

I think it's reasonable and realistic to frame this latest policy shift as part of the ongoing efforts of Elsevier to define Open Access on its own terms. This is yet another example of a series of successful policy tacks and canny acquisitions that consolidate existing market share while laying th

[GOAL] Re: More RE: Positive example: Springer ... is the Royal Society a better example?

Hi Dana My point wasn't that Springer was a saint, nor the best. That said, thanks for sharing this. It's useful to mention best practices, alongside bad practices. Eric Archambault Science-Metrix +1-514-495-6505 x111 On May 27, 2015, at 17:44, Dana Roth mailto:dzr...@library.caltech.edu>> w

[GOAL] Re: In Defence of Elsevier

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Michael Eisen wrote: > I could rewrite that entire plea substituting CC-BY-NC-ND with "posting in > institutional repositories with an embargo". Just because you don't care > about something does not mean that the rest of the OA community should stop > caring abou

[GOAL] The Inevitable Success of Transitional Green Open Access

This is a response to: Michael Eisen (2015) *The inevitable failure of parasitic green open access* (blogged May 25, 2015 in *it is NOT junk *) I will respond to Mike [*M.E.*] paragraph by paragraph. Here are my first o