[GOAL] Re: [Open-access] Re: Fight Publishing Lobby's Latest FIRST Act to Delay OA - Nth Successor to PRISM, RWA etc.

2013-11-18 Thread Bjoern Brembs
On Monday, November 18, 2013, 6:52:04 AM, you wrote: Libraries are definitely places where awareness occurs. They are the sentinels. However, they don't have enough power (generally) to impose Open Access as a permanent reflex with researchers. You are perfectly correct: this needs to

[GOAL] Re: [Open-access] Re: Fight Publishing Lobby's Latest FIRST Act to Delay OA - Nth Successor to PRISM, RWA etc.

2013-11-18 Thread Bjoern Brembs
Dear Eric, I am so completely and utterly on your page. This is precisely the way we need to go and every library meeting I speak at confirms this view: everyone I meet there gives me the feedback that they're ready to go for it. Thanks for making this important point! Bjoern On Monday,

[GOAL] Re: [Open-access] Re: Fight Publishing Lobby's Latest FIRST Act to Delay OA - Nth Successor to PRISM, RWA etc.

2013-11-18 Thread brentier
Dear Bjoern, Eric and Heather, I fully agree that it is good practice to duplicate deposits. Actually, there is nothing wrong with that. And on these lines, I would recommend public repositories. I feel much less at ease with private ones. We have had terrible experiences with commercial

[GOAL] Re: [Open-access] Re: Fight Publishing Lobby's Latest FIRST Act to Delay OA - Nth Successor to PRISM, RWA etc.

2013-11-18 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Bjoern Brembs b.bre...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Eric, I am so completely and utterly on your page. This is precisely the way we need to go and every library meeting I speak at confirms this view: everyone I meet there gives me the feedback that they're ready to