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