Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-22 Thread Arthur Sale
...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Subject: Re: [AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM] STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates   There were questions about how they accessed copies of articles.  However, the question we're discussing related specifically to the situation where they did

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-21 Thread Sally Morris (Morris Associates)
-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Sale Sent: 20 January 2009 21:29 To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Subject: Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates   Sally   They could have meant that they used a famous

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-21 Thread Arthur Sale
-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM] STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates   I would assume that those who said they never accessed self-archived versions, even when they had no access to the print version, must have meant that they never even tried to do so (for a variety

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-20 Thread Sally Morris (Morris Associates)
on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates A meta question ~ If we can form conclusions based on research results reported in this manner, does this mean that can we safely dispense with peer review and formal publication? For the avoidance of doubt: I do see the value of peer review and formal publication

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-20 Thread Sally Morris (Morris Associates)
From: American Scientist Open Access Forum [mailto:american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org] On Behalf Of Stevan Harnad Sent: 19 January 2009 23:49 To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Subject: Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-20 Thread Sally Morris (Morris Associates)
From: American Scientist Open Access Forum [mailto:american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org] On Behalf Of Stevan Harnad Sent: 19 January 2009 23:36 To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Subject: Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-20 Thread c.oppenh...@lboro.ac.uk
Access Forum [mailto:american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org] On Behalf Of Sally Morris (Morris Associates) Sent: 20 January 2009 10:53 To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Subject: Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates OK

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-20 Thread J . F . Rowland
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Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-20 Thread C . J . Smith
: American Scientist Open Access Forum [mailto:american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org] On Behalf Of Stevan Harnad Sent: 19 January 2009 23:36 To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Subject: Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-20 Thread ZielinskiC
Of J.F.Rowland Sent: 20 January 2009 13:43 To: american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org Subject: Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates   I started my career in information work as a full-time scientific copy-editor at The Biochemical Society

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-19 Thread Sandy Thatcher
The only statement in Stevan's commentary that I find surprising and questionable--because it is stated with such certainty of its truth, with no reference to any empirical backing, which is unusual for Stevan--is the claim that it is exceedingly rare (Stevan's emphasis) for copyediting to

RE: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-19 Thread Sally Morris (Morris Associates)
...@lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-liblicens...@lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Phil Davis Sent: 16 January 2009 00:22 To: liblicens...@lists.yale.edu Subject: Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates Regarding Joe Esposito's question about whether digital archives can siphon

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-19 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Sandy Thatcher s...@psu.edu wrote: The only statement in Stevan's commentary that I find surprising and questionable--because it is stated with such certainty of its truth, with no reference to any empirical backing, which is

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-19 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Sally Morris (Morris Associates) sa...@morris-assocs.demon.co.uk wrote: Sue Thorn and I will shortly be publishing a report of a research study on the attitudes and behaviour of 1368 members of UK-based learned societies in the life

Re: STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-19 Thread Heather Morrison
A meta question ~ If we can form conclusions based on research results reported in this manner, does this mean that can we safely dispense with peer review and formal publication? For the avoidance of doubt: I do see the value of peer review and formal publication. Before coming to any

STM Publisher Briefing on Institution Repository Deposit Mandates

2009-01-13 Thread Stevan Harnad
** Apologies for Cross-Posting ** [Two members of STM have kindly, at my request, allowed me to see a copy of the STM Briefing on IRs and Deposit Mandates. I focused the commentary below on quoted excerpts, but before posting it I asked STM CEO Michael Mabe for permission to include the