Green OA Self-Archiving Needs a Lobbying Organisation

From: Stevan Harnad <harnad_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:35:52 +0100

    This is the summary of a posting that appears in full here:
    http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/235-guid.html

    SUMMARY: Some university libraries and administrations think OA
    is all about journal affordability, digital preservation, digital
    curation (IRs) and interoperability (OAI). Some OA publishers think
    OA is all about conversion to Gold OA and the funding of Gold OA
    fees (CERN, etc.). Some copyright reformers think OA is all about
    reforming copyright law. And some traditional publishers lobby
    against Green OA mandates (and sometimes also against Gold OA)
    as a threat to their industry.
        There exists no recognized theme associated with Green OA
    self-archiving, no Green OA-specific interest group that is invited to
    represent Green OA at OA events. Richard Poynder, Napoleon Miradon
    and others have mooted the idea a Green OA lobby. Creating such a
    lobby would be an excellent and timely idea.

Stevan Harnad
Received on Sun Apr 29 2007 - 15:50:17 BST

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