From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:49:09 -0700 And what is mainstream practice now? 12-month embargo? 18-month? Ari Belenkiy On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:32 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:35:27 +0100 > > On 1st June, the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers > (ALPSP), along with the Publishers Association (PA), distributed a press > release advertising the results of a survey that had recently been > commissioned. > > The objective of the survey had been to estimate the likely impact of making > journals freely available after a six-month embargo — as many advocates of > Green Open Access (OA) have been proposing. > > The results of the survey, the press release said, suggest that a six-month > embargo would cause research libraries to cancel 65% of their Arts, Humanities > and Social Sciences journals and 44% of their Scientific, Technical and Medical > journal subscriptions. “ALPSP is very concerned about the effect this may > have on non-profit publishers, many of whom may not survive,” commented > ALPSP’s Chief Executive Audrey McCulloch. > > The press release indicated that the report had been prepared by Linda Bennett > of Gold Leaf. > > An email Q&A with McCulloch about the survey, and the report, can be reader > here: > > http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/oa-interviews-audrey-mcculloch-alpsp.html > > Richard Poynder