From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 00:05:51 -0500

So, if a version of record is produced in part by having the author's
final peer-reviewed article copyedited, what entity is going to
undertake to supply that service besides a publisher? Are libraries
going to start hiring free-lance copyeditors, or are they going to
bring copyeditors onto permanent staffs? Or will they be encouraging
authors to hire their own copyeditors?

Sandy Thatcher


> From: "Friend, Fred" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 15:41:18 +0000
>
> In scholarly communication there is no unalterable Law of the Medes
> and Persians stating that the "version of record" has to be published
> by a publisher, nor that the attributes of the "version of record"
> such as peer-review or a citeable link have to be provided by a
> publisher. Some repositories are already exploring the feasibility of
> providing such attributes with the author's final version in a
> repository. Providing an alternative to the publisher's version as a
> "version of record" on a large enough scale to give users confidence
> in the system will take several years, but then it has only taken a
> few years for the volume of open access content to reach critical mass
> from a very low start. All the process needs is for a few large
> repositories to start adding a citeable identifier and accurate
> metadata to the peer-reviewed author's final version on a regular
> basis, and Collette's readers will soon change their view of the green
> OA  version. The research assessment authorities are now more willing
> to accept a peer-reviewed repository version, although again such a
> cultural change does take time to work through long-established
> practices.
>
> Fred Friend
> Honorary Director Scholarly Communication UCL