[Open-access] Open Access Initiative - meeting notes, names and moving forwards

Thu Feb 2 16:32:54 UTC 2012

I don't have a very strong opinion on that, but my gut
feeling is that the meaning of what we strive for will be
watered down with every new term. For instance, Elsevier
uses "universal access" to mean that only those get access
that Elsevier gives permission.

That would mean we have public access, open access and
universal access. Which is the one we want?

I realize that I also use 'universal' in my suggestion, so
this may not be a good idea at all.

My opinion: the fewer terms the better or people will confuse
the People's Front of Judea with the Judean People's Front
(splitters!)

Bjoern

Mike Taylor wrote:

> Without proposing an actual group name, I notice that the term "public
> access" has gained some currency -- for example, the NIH mandate is
> called its "public access policy".  Is that better or worse?  I like
> that "public" makes it explicit that we are not just talking about
> access for academics.  But I have the sense that it may be a weaker
> term.  Could we perhaps take advantage of this alternative terminology
> by position the term "public access" as a broad concept, and "open
> access" as the CC-BY subset of that?

> -- Mike.

> On 2 February 2012 14:42, Björn Brembs
> <b.brembs at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Laura Newman wrote:
>>
>>> 1) We need to decide on a name in order to move forwards. Send your
>>> suggestions to the list, and I will create a Doodle poll of options.
>>
>> I suggest Universal Open Acces or uOA, to make clear that
>> we're just an organisation that's meant to build on the
>> successes of the OA movement so far and aim to drive it all
>> the way.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Bjoern
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