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By: Truthiness in publishing - Censur Net

Truthiness in publishing - Censur Net — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:11:43 +0000

[...] Joyce Mulama Posted in Censur Net News [...]

By: Barbara Fister

Barbara Fister — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:17:59 +0000

Check out the AAP response to the Nature article (via Peter Suber) - and Dorothea's handy translation.

By: Dorothea

Dorothea — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:39:56 +0000

The APS has been innovating for decades. They’ve got some of the smartest people in the business. (If you ever have a chance to listen to Bob Kelly, DO IT.)

Differences vis-a-vis the ACS left as an exercise for the librarian.

By: Barbara Fister

Barbara Fister — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:23:50 +0000

Of course, the idea is not how illogical they are, they’re supposed to cue anxiety attacks. They seem to have forgotten that they’re dealing with fairly smart people, though.

What’s funny about the “censorship” argument is that, in a back-handed way, it contains an argument for open access. That which is available will be read. The fact that the NIH wants researchers who got funds from them to make the results available doesn’t stop anyone else from make their results available – and as Robin says, the best way to avoid being left out is to join in.

The real issue is that these publishers have a particular way of funding what they do. They’re worried about having to find totally new models.

I’m not sure why the American Physical Society has no problem with their authors posting articles before publication to arXiv and the ACS makes authors either wait 12 months before they can share a .pdf of their article with colleagues or pay up front for the option to share copies. (Comfortingly, the ACS website says it’s okay if the author’s employer wants to pay for it.)

What does the APS know that the ACS doesn’t? Why isn’t the APS running scared?

By: See Also… » Blog Archive » FUD on OA

See Also… » Blog Archive » FUD on OA — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:42:40 +0000

[...] (You can find good commentary on this article at Caveat Lector (of course), as well as Pegasus Librarian, and ACRLog.) [...]

By: Marc Meola

Marc Meola — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:23:59 +0000

Those are really bad arguments. Seems to indicate how desperate and fearful they are.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:50:20 +0000

The American Chemical Society looks more and more every day like a large corporation. I recently watched a PBS documentary about them firing one of their journalists who was reporting on global warming.

You can watch the episode online. It’s titled “Science Fiction.”
http://www.thirteen.org/air/watch.html

By: Robin Sinn

Robin Sinn — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:33:54 +0000

That last statement also struck me as the oddest thing about the entire article. Could this be a reason to make ALL research openly accessible so that there is no “form of selection and self-promotion?”