From: Jean-Claude Guédon <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 18:06:48 -0400 This is obviously an excellent suggestion. Any "panoptic" opportunity on such a complex situation can only be useful. Thematic tagging and keywords by publisher would help retrieve patterns and trends. Jean-Claude Guédon Le mardi 04 juin 2013 à 17:25 -0400, LIBLICENSE a écrit : From: Kevin Smith <[log in to unmask] Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:47:15 +0000 In light of this conversation about criticism of various publishing practices and what should count as evidence, I wonder how list members feel about the suggestion made in this blog post that a forum should be created for academic authors to recount both their positive and negative experiences with specific journals: http://bit.ly/YP9X3y It seems to me that this idea offers several advantages. It would provide a broader perspective than any blog written by a single person, it would focus on the criteria that actually matter to authors, and it would offer an opportunity to both condemn or praise the practices of specific publishers. It would offer the rest of us the opportunity to really learn which publishers are "extracting money from the system of scholarly communications while providing no significant service in return" from the point of view of those who expect to benefit from those services. Kevin Kevin L. Smith, M.L.S., J.D. Director, Copyright and Scholarly Communication Duke University Libraries Durham, NC 27708 [log in to unmask]