From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 00:05:51 -0500 So, if a version of record is produced in part by having the author's final peer-reviewed article copyedited, what entity is going to undertake to supply that service besides a publisher? Are libraries going to start hiring free-lance copyeditors, or are they going to bring copyeditors onto permanent staffs? Or will they be encouraging authors to hire their own copyeditors? Sandy Thatcher > From: "Friend, Fred" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 15:41:18 +0000 > > In scholarly communication there is no unalterable Law of the Medes > and Persians stating that the "version of record" has to be published > by a publisher, nor that the attributes of the "version of record" > such as peer-review or a citeable link have to be provided by a > publisher. Some repositories are already exploring the feasibility of > providing such attributes with the author's final version in a > repository. Providing an alternative to the publisher's version as a > "version of record" on a large enough scale to give users confidence > in the system will take several years, but then it has only taken a > few years for the volume of open access content to reach critical mass > from a very low start. All the process needs is for a few large > repositories to start adding a citeable identifier and accurate > metadata to the peer-reviewed author's final version on a regular > basis, and Collette's readers will soon change their view of the green > OA version. The research assessment authorities are now more willing > to accept a peer-reviewed repository version, although again such a > cultural change does take time to work through long-established > practices. > > Fred Friend > Honorary Director Scholarly Communication UCL