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From: "Richardson, Tom" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:32:35 -0500
My experience is that the terms "open access", "public access", and
"free access" are commonly used interchangeably, even though I would
argue they have three distinct meanings in the context of scholarly
communication. They are used differently by different people within a
common organization - library or publisher - and are often used
interchangeably by the same person within a single conversation.
So I think we often have to see what people are intending when they
use these phrases.
Tom
Tom Richardson
Director, Institution Sales & Service
The New England Journal of Medicine
Waltham, MA 02451 USA
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From: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: Open access terminology
From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:16:05 +0000
I really don't think that anybody has argued that 'open access' has a
single, unambiguous meaning across the whole of human endeavour.
What some of us have argued is that 'open access' has a perfectly good
definition within the scholarly communications field and that we
shouldn't turn it into a simple synonym for 'free online access' -
which is apparently what Joe and others wish to do.
David
On 14 Jan 2012, at 00:47, LIBLICENSE wrote:
> From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:25:26 -0800
>
> I just stumbled on a story on PaidContent, which I clicked on because
> the headline mentioned Open Access. Here is the story:
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> http://paidcontent.org/article/419-hollywood-lambasts-sky-movies-ruling-but-open-access-gains-favour
>
> Is this story about the open access to research literature? No, it's
> about access to set-top boxes for video in the UK.
>
> People who believe that OA has an unambiguous meaning are denying the facts.
>
> Joe Esposito
>
> --
> Joseph J. Esposito
> Portable CEO
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> @josephjesposito
> +Joseph Esposito
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