From: Jean-Claude Guédon <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 22:28:56 -0400

My, my!!! It really looks as if Monsieur Pelle has not paid any
attention at all to the debated that have been triggered by the
Emerald announcement.

I suppose that playing deaf is easier than playing dumb, especially in
an academic context...

Jean-Claude Guédon


Le dimanche 23 juin 2013 à 17:02 -0400, LIBLICENSE a écrit :

From: Arnaud Pelle <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:46:40 +0000

*Apologies for cross-posting*

The staff and directors at Emerald have naturally been concerned about
the feedback to the launch of its Gold Open Access model and the
approach to self-archived content that is subject to a mandate.
Emerald has demonstrated a long-term commitment to the LIS community
and we recognize that our policy has marked an important part of this
relationship.

Emerald has had a Green Open Access policy for over a decade. We
support authors who personally wish to self-archive the pre- or
post-print version of their article on their own website or in a
repository; authors can do this immediately upon official publication
of their paper. This principle continues to underpin our Green OA
policy and remains unchanged. Our understanding is that a large
proportion of our authors who wish to make their post-prints open
access are currently accommodated through this approach.

In more recent times the need to provide a Gold route for all authors
has emerged in some countries, and we have responded to this with the
introduction of a Gold OA model in April 2013. This has provided an
alternative route to OA for researchers who are mandated to make their
papers Open Access immediately, or after a specified period. We also
set the Article Processing Charge (APC) at a relatively low level to
assist authors. We do recognize this is an evolving landscape with
policies and advice changing rapidly around the world, and as such we
wish to work with our communities to develop models that are in the
best interests of both our authors and the titles.

Due to the recognized half-life of social science research, Emerald
has followed guidance in reviewing its approach, and has requested
that authors wait 24 months before depositing their post-prints if a
mandate is in place. Where a mandate exists for deposit immediately on
publication or with a shorter mandate but no APC fund is provided, we
invite all authors to contact us. There has not been an author or
repository manager request to place a post-print in a repository that
we have not agreed to, but we now need to monitor and fully assess the
long-term impacts upon the titles.

In the second half of 2013 we are putting together an advisory group
of editors and authors from across the disciplines in which we publish
to help shape our approach in this dynamic environment in the future.
We are also continuing to support our communities through innovative
solutions such as the agreement with IFLA whereby papers that have
their origins in an IFLA conference or project have the opportunity to
be published in one of Emerald’s LIS journals and become freely
accessible nine months after publication, as well as a number of other
collaborations currently in the pipeline.

We are committed to finding solutions that are both beneficial for our
authors and ensure the sustainability of research communication in the
subject disciplines we serve. Therefore, we will regularly review our
global approach going forwards, in consultation with this advisory
group of editors and authors.

The full policy can be found at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/openaccess.htm.

On behalf of

Rebecca Marsh
Director of External Relations and Services | Emerald Group Publishing Limited

&

Tony Roche
Publishing Director | Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Bingley, BD16 1WA | UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1274 777700
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