At 21:28 05/12/04 +, Michael Fraser wrote:
Presumably, something like LOCKSS applies equally to open access materials
as it does to other forms (and preferably across national boundaries):
At a service level this is broadly correct. As part of its programme for
Supporting Digital
Fred Sally are raising some very important points - like many other
issues, though, what we're doing here is mixing up (conflating) issues which
are not truly open access issues, with open access per se.
For example, if there is only one copy of an article (or a very few, all
under the control
[Moderator's note: re-directed from topic thread:
Re: Pascal's Wager and Open Access (OA)]
On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Heather Morrison wrote:
For example, if there is only one copy of an article (or a very few, all
under the control of one person or organization), then the
The JISC preservation programme I was referring to earlier has now been
announced publicly
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=digital_pres_pr_271004
Among the projects listed are two that relate to eprints-related preservation:
- PRESERV (PReservation Eprint SERVices)
- SHERPA Part II:
Heather Morrison is quite right to note that there is no inherent conflict
between efforts to provide self-archived content and parallel efforts to
preserve it.
I expect this to be illustrated when JISC announces the results of its
Circular 4/04: Call for Projects in Supporting Institutional
A 22:37 07/10/04 +0100, Iva Melinscak Zlodi a E9crit :
This discussion is going to turn to discussion about true task of an
academic librarian! For Steven Harnad it is acquisition, and to Brian
Simboli it is acquisition + preservation. Both views are somewhat limited,
I believe. Librarians
To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org
Subject: Re: Priorities: OA Content Provision vs. OA Content Preservation
Stevan,
...
You misunderstand the librarian instinct. I, for one, do not think
that 100 per cent gold will necessarily resolve all problems, nor has
anything I've
...@listserver.sigmaxi.org
Subject: Re: Priorities: OA Content Provision vs. OA Content Preservation
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Brian Simboli wrote:
Stevan,
A few points in response. I'm a busy librarian and don't have the luxury
of dwelling much on these debates, but here are some considerations.
They are an invitation for others to pitch in and clarify or correct
anything.
1.
It is hardly the case that I wish to reduce preservation to
A 11:46 05/10/04 -0400, Brian Simboli a E9crit :
I'm not convinced that green self-archiving holds out any more promise
of providing a stable, long term way to fulfill third world needs
satisfactorily than does the development of gold open access or low-cost
TA solutions. Apparently you think
Re. the emails copied below:
Let us say that one is concerned with the good of preservation and places it at
least on par with the good of open access, and perhaps even trumps the latter.
That person, according to the account below, would be advised to focus efforts
on preserving the stock of
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 Brian Simboli wrote:
Let us say that one is concerned with the good of preservation and places it
at
least on par with the good of open access, and perhaps even trumps the latter.
Hard to see how preserving content can trump providing content: One cannot
preserve
**Responses in asterisks**
I don't pretend to have all the answers in these issues; I just want to
point out concerns that will no doubt occur to any working librarian.
Brian Simboli
bs Let us say that one is concerned with the good of preservation and places
it at
bs least on par with the
Ms. Bosc,
Thanks for your note.
I'm not convinced that green self-archiving holds out any more promise
of providing a stable, long term way to fulfill third world needs
satisfactorily than does the development of gold open access or low-cost
TA solutions. Apparently you think this to be the case.
P.S.
I wish to dispel any illusion that the views discussed below, esp at the
end, reflect some sort of first world arrogance.
In saying that individuals in the first world have it pretty good with
respect to access, given interlibrary loan, I am *not *suggesting that
the third world does not have
The evolution of the OA movement is revealing some interesting (and slightly
complicated) interactions among the roles of the various stake-holder
communities
involved in Open Access (OA): These include:
(1) the research community (the authors of the journal articles in
question, as well
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