From: Bill Cohen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:10:40 -0400 Subject: Re: Email regarding Jeffrey Beall I think the debate about Beall's List will continue indefinitely. Do some scholarly OA publishers just "mount" articles like Youtube mounts videos, but for a fee? I don't know. But maybe this is a growing trend. For some people--especially in the popular publishing field--"mounting on the internet" really is equivalent to publishing. They feel there should be no barriers to communication. This is not a position to be disregarded out of hand, and comes close to "Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom." Others in academia certainly value the vetting process, but are looking for alternatives. To continue analyzing the position of Beall's List as a useful service, it may be helpful to recap the issues expounded in his "Chronicle of Higher Education" interview. Some of the issues/questions raise in this thread are grappled with in the Q&A. A link is below. Bill http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/on-predatory-publishers-a-qa-with-jeffrey-beall/47667