[Open-access] how open is it

[Mark MacGillivray]

This sounds quite like what Cameron Neylon was suggesting a month or two
ago - is this the result, or a separate effort?

Mark


On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> A very important announcement I think
>>
>> judge for yourself
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>> http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/HowOpenIsIt.shtml
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> YES. It's about time something like this happened - SPARC has been quiet
> and I look to them for some guidance. I haven't read the booklet, but
> comment on the abstract
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> • Move the conversation from “Is It Open Access?” to “How Open Is It?”
> • Clarify the definition of OA
> • Standardize terminology
> • Illustrate a continuum of “more open” versus “less open”
> • Enable people to compare and contrast publications and policies
> • Broaden the understanding of OA to a wider audience
>
> These are all critical. Until recently there was nowhere they could be
> discussed without the discussion being destroyed.
>
> But now we have OKF open-access !!
>
> Let's offer this organ to the world and let's finally try to get a decent
> discussion going.
>
> P.
>
>
>> TOM
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