On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, [identity removed] wrote:
> How strange - if you go to the Nature Immunology website the words "Open
> Access" appear in the left column - not quite sure what it refers to - any
> ideas?
> <http://www.nature.com/ni/>
As correctly predicted by Richard Poynder only a few weeks ago:
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/3066.html
"the term ['Open Access'] is about to go through a very difficult
period in which it will be used to mean all things to all
men. That will make the work of those who support BOAI etc. far
more difficult. Analysts and tipsters will start to use it to
mean everything but what the originators of the term meant by it,
companies will start to market products using the term open access
(intentionally even, as they ramp up the tolls while pretending to
be something else), and the general noise associated with all this
activity will doubtless make life far more complex for list members
(as if their lives were not already beset with misunderstandings
and confusion!). More importantly, perhaps, the researchers (who,
we are told, are the people who can make the difference here) will
be confused, and may turn away from open access thinking it is
something else."
Stevan
Received on Fri Oct 31 2003 - 11:52:44 GMT