From: ANTHONY WATKINSON <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:35:58 +0100

I have been at a number of events where Robert, his colleagues and
other funders have spoken. The comment - We expect every publisher who
levies on open access fee to provide a first class service to our
researchers and their institutions - is in line with their general
attitude.

Some publishers still think that how research outputs are disseminated
is in the hands of the researchers. The argument that I have put
forward in the past is that authors decide where they publish. They is
not the case any longer. It is in the hands of the funders.

Past research has shown that researchers consider that funders
represent a real barrier to the progress in knowledge. Publishers are
well down the list. That is what researchers think. I wonder how many
publishers have been fielding complaints about non-compliance from
researchers?

Government funders see themselves as representing the people who pay.
That is what they say. I would be surprised if the general population
(the taxpayers) know what they are doing.

Wellcome cannot make that claim. Their money comes from investment and
presumably originally from the profits of big pharma.  Who are they
responsible to and who makes sure that they are efficient?

Anthony


From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:05:11 -0400

My apologies for the incorrect URL.  Too much copy/pasting going on
at the same time.  The correct URL is:

http://blog.wellcome.ac.uk/2014/03/28/the-cost-of-open-access-publishing-a-progress-report/

On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 7:01 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 09:06:29 -0400
>
> Of wide interest:
>
> The Wellcome Trust recently published details of how much it spent on
> open access publishing in the year 2012-2013 in an attempt to make the
> debate around the costs of open access publishing more evidence-based.
> The data released fuelled much discussion online and Robert Kiley,
> Head Digital Services at the Wellcome Library, gives an update...
>
> Blog posting includes sections on:
>
> Are the publishers doing what they're paid to do?
>
> What do the data show?
>
> Elsevier a case study