From: Linda Wagner <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 23:18:06 -0800 Are researchers *allowing* the current publishing environment or are they *enabling* or even endorsing the current environment through the choices they're making? It's my understanding that researchers provide the journal content, review the content, serve on editorial boards, serve on tenure review committees, serve on grant review committees, serve on hiring committees, advise students, and become administrators/provosts/presidents who set policy. Researchers can choose where to publish, choose to sign over their copyright, choose which journals to review for, choose which editorial boards to serve on, choose to assess junior researchers based on the quality of their research (just as funders such as Wellcome Trust and HEFCE explicitly state), choose to hire based on the quality of one's research, and choose to enact policies that benefit the research community. What am I missing? Do researchers not realize their agency? I'm a librarian who has never published in a journal -- I really do wish to understand as my goal is to help amplify the impact of the researcher's work. I realize the increasing demands placed on researchers (esp. job and funding scarcity), but my empathy extends to the increasing demands placed on the 21st-century worker/human being in general, especially those who would benefit from the research. Apologies if this is tired territory or if I've veered off topic. All thanks, Linda Wagner