[Open-access] @ccess versus open access

Fri Jun 1 16:05:47 UTC 2012

Hi all,

I totally agree with Tom, to my mind:

1) Bethesda is the least known B-event
2) Budapest emphasizes very much OA to journal articles, to my mind it 
refers *only* to journal literature and not to any other kind of 
scientific information (neither monographs nor data)
3) Berlin includes metadata, cutural heritage, research data.

I would prefer a phrase that refers to the compliance with the Berlin 
declaration.

best regards

Ulrich

Am 01.06.2012 13:26, schrieb Tom Olijhoek:
> Hi all,
>
> I am not completely in agreement with the reasoning for wanting "_BOAI
> compliant open access_" as the choice term.
>
> My most important objection is that the _Berlin declaration added
> description of open access to data and metadata_ which as far as I can
> see were not included in Budapest Decl which focussed on scholarly
> publications. The _Bethesda declaration was strong on the use of open
> access publication records of scientists for appointments_:
>
>  1. We reaffirm the principle that only the intrinsic merit of the work,
>     and not the title of the journal in which a candidate’s work is
>     published, will be considered in appointments, promotions, merit
>     awards or grants.
>
>  2. We will regard a record of open access publication as evidence of
>     service to the community, in evaluation of applications for faculty
>     appointments, promotions and grants.
>
>   Then second I find the term BOAI compliant a bit cumbersome and not
> very appealing.
>
> Third I think that in the time of having all info only 1 click away ,
> looking up definitions is not really a big deal,  I wonder whether many
> will do so anyway. Interested people can also find all info on BBB
> definition in one place in the Wikipedia chapter on open access.
>
> I am also not wildly enthousiastic about B3 or 3B but I think we should
> refer to all three definitions since they are complementary and have
> added value.
>
>
> cheers
>
> TOM
>
> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Ross Mounce <ross.mounce at gmail.com
> <mailto:ross.mounce at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>      > I agree with what Mike has written.
>      >
>      > I also prefer BOAI as it's very easy to look up on the web and
>     there is a
>      > single definition to read
>
>
>     Ditto. All one needs to say is BOAI-compliant Open Access
>     and link to http://www.soros.org/openaccess/read  to define *exactly*
>     what one means. Clear and simple to me.
>
>
>     Ross
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