From: <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:09:59 +0000

Joe - there's not much the world has to thank Robert Maxwell for, but
getting rid of author-pays is an achievement that he can be credited
with. To bring it back, through OA, is not my idea of progress.   Bill
Hughes


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Subject: Re: Moving towards paying only for usage?


From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:45:11 -0800

Bill,

Isn't the area you are describing--the new, specialized area of
research--precisely where the author-pays model is most potent? As
you say, a library may not want to purchase a journal for a single
member of the faculty, but the author of an article may be willing and
able to pay for the publication of his or her work in an OA form.
This does not solve some important problems (discovery,
certification), but it does address the bedrock issue of
communication.

Joe Esposito