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Budapest Open Access Initiative: BOAI Forum Archive [BOAI] [Forum Home] [index] [prev] [next] [options] [help]boaiforum messages[BOAI] Re: Role of the Librarian in an Open Access worldFrom: Stevan Harnad <harnad AT ecs.soton.ac.uk>
--Apple-Mail-14-147913746 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii "There is no "Platinum" Road to OA"=20 http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/6442.html (And the "survey" is pretty amateurish and slanted.) On 2012-04-20, at 10:28 AM, Beall, Jeffrey wrote: > I have a quibble with one of the statements on the first page of this = survey. It says, > =20 > At InTech we believe that open access publishing is an important = initiative helping the work of researchers reach the widest possible = audience. Open access (OA) is a new model that means authors pay a fee = that covers the costs of reviewing and publishing their work, which is = then free to access online for anyone around the world. > =20 > This self-serving definition of open access is incomplete and = misleading. The definition given in the survey really only applies to = gold open access. There are additional types of open access, such as = green and platinum, that don't fit this definition. > =20 > --Jeffrey Beall > =20 > =20 > Jeffrey Beall, Metadata Librarian / Assistant Professor > Auraria Library > University of Colorado Denver > 1100 Lawrence St. > Denver, Colo. 80204 USA > (303) 556-5936 > jeffrey.beall AT ucdenver.edu > =20 > <image001.jpg> > =20 > =20 > =20 > From: Peter Suber [mailto:peter.suber AT gmail.com]=20 > Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:36 AM > To: SOAF post; BOAI Forum post > Subject: [sparc-oaforum] Role of the Librarian in an Open Access world > =20 > [Forwarding from TBI Communications, via LibLicense. --Peter Suber.] >=20 >=20 > From: Jennie Johnson <jennie.johnson AT tbicommunications.com> > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:23:58 +0100 >=20 > *Apologies for cross-posting* >=20 > Dear all, >=20 > TBI are conducting an online survey on behalf of InTech - an Open > Access publisher - to gather information on the current and potential > future impact of Open Access on the role of the librarian and the > services you provide. >=20 > Help us evaluate and share how the library community is responding to > this evolving business model by completing a short online > questionnaire at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/librarian_OA_survey. > The anonymous results will be made freely available, to help inform > the ongoing development of library services. >=20 > We would also like to hear from any individuals who can spare 20 > minutes for a brief telephone interview, to share the early results of > this survey and explore some of the issues in more detail. If you > would like to contribute your views, please contact: > jennie.johnson AT tbicommunications.com >=20 > All best wishes, >=20 > Jennie Johnson, TBI Communications > Tel: +44 1865 875896 >=20 --Apple-Mail-14-147913746 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><base ↵ href=3D"x-msg://349/"></head><body ↵ style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; ">"There is no "Platinum" Road to ↵ OA" <div><a = href=3D"http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/6442.html">htt= p://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/6442.html</a></div><div><= br></div><div>(And the "survey" is pretty amateurish ↵ and = slanted.)<br><div><br><div><div>On 2012-04-20, at ↵ 10:28 AM, Beall, = Jeffrey wrote:</div><br ↵ class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" ↵ style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" ↵ vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"WordSection1" = style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div style=3D"margin-right: ↵ 0in; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, = 125); ">I have a quibble with one of the statements on the first page ↵ of = this survey. It says,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: = 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, = 125); ↵ "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: 0in; = margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: = black; ">At InTech we believe that open access publishing is an = important initiative helping the work of researchers reach the widest = possible audience. Open access (OA) is a new model that means authors = pay a fee that covers the costs of reviewing and publishing their work, = which is then free to access online for anyone around the = world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: 0in; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: = black; ↵ "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: 0in; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, = 125); ">This self-serving definition of open access is incomplete and = misleading. The definition given in the survey really only applies = to<span ↵ class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(255, 192, = 0); ">gold open access</span></b><span ↵ style=3D"font-size: 14pt; = font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">. There are ↵ additional = types of open access, such as<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(146, 208, = 80); ">green</span></b><span style=3D"font-size: ↵ 14pt; font-family: = Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span ↵ = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(127, 127, = 127); ">platinum</span></b><span ↵ style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: = Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">, that don't fit this = definition.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: 0in; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, = 125); ↵ "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: 0in; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, = 125); ">--Jeffrey ↵ Beall<o:p></o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right:= 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, = 125); ↵ "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: 0in; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(31, 73, = 125); ↵ "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: 0in; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); = ">Jeffrey Beall, Metadata Librarian / Assistant ↵ Professor<br>Auraria = Library<br>University of Colorado Denver<br>1100 Lawrence ↵ St.<br>Denver, = Colo. 80204 USA<br>(303) 556-5936</span><span ↵ style=3D"font-size: = 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: gray; ↵ "><br></span><span = style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Consolas; color: blue; ↵ "><a = href=3D"jeffrey.beall AT ucdenver.edu" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; = ">jeffrey.beall AT ↵ ucdenver.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; "><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: ↵ Consolas; = color: blue; ↵ "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: = 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span = style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: = rgb(31, 73, 125); = "><span><image001.jpg></span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; "><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: ↵ Consolas; = color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ↵ "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; "><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: ↵ Consolas; = color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ↵ "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; "><span style=3D"font-size: 14pt; font-family: ↵ Consolas; = color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ↵ "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; "><b><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt; ↵ font-family: Tahoma, = sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span ↵ style=3D"font-size: 10pt; = font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Peter Suber ↵ = [mailto:peter.suber AT gmail.com]<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, ↵ April 20, 2012 7:36 = AM<br><b>To:</b><span ↵ class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>SOAF = post; BOAI Forum post<br><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[sparc-oaforum] Role of the = Librarian in an Open Access ↵ world<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: = 0.0001pt; "><o:p> </o:p></div><p ↵ class=3D"MsoNormal" = style=3D"margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: = 12pt; "><span style=3D"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; ↵ = ">[Forwarding from TBI Communications, via LibLicense. ↵ --Peter = Suber.]</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: 0in; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ↵ "><br>From: Jennie = Johnson <<a href=3D"mailto:jennie.johnson AT ↵ tbicommunications.com" = style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: underline; = ">jennie.johnson AT ↵ tbicommunications.com</a>><br>Date: Thu, 19 Apr = 2012 12:23:58 +0100<br><br>*Apologies for ↵ cross-posting*<br><br>Dear = all,<br><br>TBI are conducting an online survey on behalf of InTech ↵ - an = Open<br>Access publisher - to gather information on the current and = potential<br>future impact of Open Access on the role of the librarian = and the<br>services you provide.<br><br>Help us evaluate and ↵ share how = the library community is responding to<br>this evolving business model = by completing a short online<br>questionnaire at:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/librarian_OA_survey" = target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: blue; text-decoration: ↵ underline; = ">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/librarian_OA_survey</a>.<br>The = anonymous results will be made freely available, to help inform<br>the = ongoing development of library services.<br><br>We would also like ↵ to = hear from any individuals who can spare 20<br>minutes for a brief = telephone interview, to share the early results of<br>this survey and = explore some of the issues in more detail. If you<br>would like to = contribute your views, please contact:<br><a = href=3D"mailto:jennie.johnson AT tbicommunications.com" ↵ style=3D"color: = blue; text-decoration: underline; = ">jennie.johnson AT ↵ tbicommunications.com</a><br><br>All best = wishes,<br><br>Jennie Johnson, TBI ↵ Communications<br>Tel:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"tel:%2B44%201865%20875896" style=3D"color: blue; = text-decoration: underline; ">+44 1865 = 875896</a><o:p></o:p></div></div><div ↵ style=3D"margin-right: 0in; = margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', = serif; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = "><br></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body><= /html>= --Apple-Mail-14-147913746-- -- To unsubscribe from the BOAI Forum, use the form on this page: http://www.soros.org/openaccess/forum.shtml?f [BOAI] [Forum Home] [index] [prev] [next] [options] [help]
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