From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 16:52:37 -0700

Heather,

The case has yet to be made why these papers should be open access at all.

Joe Esposito


On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 1:16 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Heather Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 11:59:15 -0700
>
> The Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
> just released a report called: The potential effect of making journals
> free after a six month embargo.  Conclusions are that: "the impact on
> all publishers’ revenues would be considerable" and "It is strongly
> recommended that no mandate is issued on making all or most journal
> articles available free of charge after a six month embargo until both
> libraries and publishers have had time to understand the issues better
> and have together taken steps to explore alternatives to a fully open
> access publishing model which could be mutually attractive".
>
> Comment - in brief
>
> This post will focus on the second argument, that time is needed to
> explore alternatives to a fully open access publishing model. In
> brief, both libraries and publishers have been in discussions about
> the need to transition to an appropriate publishing system for the
> World Wide Web for at least a decade and a half - ALPSP itself was
> talking about this at least as early as 1997. Most of us have moved
> far beyond the discussions stage. Libraries are actively providing
> support for open access publishing, including hosting and support
> services for faculty and society publishing and funds for article
> processing fees.
>
> There are close to 8,000 fully open access journals listed in DOAJ -
> many in the humanities and social sciences - including commercial
> journals that are turning a healthy profit, illustrating that open
> access is a viable business model. There are a great many supports
> available for publishers wishing to move to open access, including
> David Solomon's Developing open access journals: a practical guide and
> the SPARC guide on income models for open access. If publishers have
> not yet made the switch to open access, this is a clear indication
> that discussions and support for change is not enough; public policy
> is needed.
>
> Details & links:
> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.ca/2012/06/society-publishers-time-to-quit-whining.html
>
> best,
>
> Heather Morrison