Comments on: What should Open Access mean? http://project.bazaar.org/2006/05/08/what-should-open-access-mean/ The BAZAAR project Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:06:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Graham Attwell http://project.bazaar.org/2006/05/08/what-should-open-access-mean/#comment-4 Mon, 08 May 2006 14:51:08 +0000 http://project.bazaar.org/2006/05/08/what-should-open-access-mean/#comment-4 Thanks Peter. I should make myself clear. I completely support Open Access publishing. My concern is that we may be putting new barriers in the way of Open Access, and that publishers in particular, will try to subvert the emergent new models. Thanks Peter.

I should make myself clear. I completely support Open Access publishing. My concern is that we may be putting new barriers in the way of Open Access, and that publishers in particular, will try to subvert the emergent new models.

]]> by: Peter Suber http://project.bazaar.org/2006/05/08/what-should-open-access-mean/#comment-3 Mon, 08 May 2006 13:56:11 +0000 http://project.bazaar.org/2006/05/08/what-should-open-access-mean/#comment-3 Valsiner is uninformed about the true relationship between OA journals and indigent authors. Here are the three key corrections. (1) The *majority* of OA journals charge no author-side fees. Valsiner assumes that they all do. (2) OA archiving charges no fees at all. (3) OA has wide support from scienitists in developing countries. Please don't perpetuate his misunderstandings. For links to more information on each point, see my blog comment on Valsiner's article, <a href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_04_30_fosblogarchive.html#114658221729466103">Link</a> PS. Because your comment-spam detector rejected my first attempt to post, I had to try again. At some other blogs this has led to duplicate posts. Apologies if that happens here. Valsiner is uninformed about the true relationship between OA journals and indigent authors. Here are the three key corrections. (1) The *majority* of OA journals charge no author-side fees. Valsiner assumes that they all do. (2) OA archiving charges no fees at all. (3) OA has wide support from scienitists in developing countries. Please don’t perpetuate his misunderstandings.

For links to more information on each point, see my blog comment on Valsiner’s article,
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PS. Because your comment-spam detector rejected my first attempt to post, I had to try again. At some other blogs this has led to duplicate posts. Apologies if that happens here.

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