Zurich's ZORA: no progress for Open Access

From: Klaus Graf <klausgraf_at_GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:16:56 +0200

From the 21 eprints deposited yesterday in Zurich's IR ZORA only one
Status: O
Message-ID: <dummy4953792003_at_invented.ecs.soton.ac.uk>

is free available as full text: an article from a BMC = OA journal.
Journal articles from 2003 are'nt avaliable as full text although
there isn't any embargo. See

http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5815961/

If scholars can choose between depositing a postprint file as free
full text and depositing publisher's PDF plus request-button most will
choose the second option. The reason is simple: the PDF can be cited
and the request-button allows to know who is using the article.
Therefore the request-button is evil regarding Open Access.

Klaus Graf
Received on Fri Jul 10 2009 - 23:21:55 BST

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