Dear All, could we please not keep associating assorted brainchildren
with your weary archivangelist (who has no "model," just fatigued fingers
and a hoarse throat)?
"Re: Alternative publishing models - was: Scholar's Forum: A New Model..."
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#217
"Disaggregated Journals" (Jul 2005)
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#4643
"Deconstructed Journal Model Deconstructed" (Jul 2005)
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#4647
Chrs, Stevan
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, J.W.T.Smith wrote:
> Sally,
>
> [Sorry I haven't replied sooner, I've been hither and yon over the past
> week and not kept up with my e-mail.]
>
> Its based on the old Deconstructed Journal model outlined in a paper
> published in 1999 in the ALPSP Learned Publishing journal. In it I
> analysed the roles played by the journal in the academic world and showed
> that there could be a decentralised publishing model that would fulfil all
> those roles. My central theme was (and still is) that the traditional
> journal (whether in p or e form ) is not an end in itself but a only means
> to an end and that there could be other means to that end.
>
> Viewing developments in academic publishing (through admittedly biased
> eyes) I feel something like that model is emerging of its own accord
> simply (I believe) because it is better fitted to the networked
> information environment.
>
> Anyone wanting to read my developing thoughts on this over the past few
> years can go to:
>
> http://library.kent.ac.uk/library/papers/jwts/
>
> where there is a short list of papers with links.
>
> The 2005 article in Research Information is a chatty overview and has the
> advantage of some diagrams that try to summarise the model.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith.
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Sally Morris (Chief Executive) wrote:
>
> > I'd love to know more about the 'new form of academic publishing' which John
> > would like to see replace the current one
> >
> > Sally
> >
> >
> > Sally Morris, Chief Executive
> > Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
> > South House, The Street, Clapham
> > Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 3UU, UK
> >
> > Tel: +44 (0) 1903 871 686
> > Fax: +44 (0) 8700 511 929
> > Email: sally.morris_at_alpsp.org
> > Website: www.alpsp.org
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.W.T.Smith" <J.W.T.Smith_at_KENT.AC.UK>
> > To: <JISC-REPOSITORIES_at_JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 11:57 AM
> > Subject: Harnad model
> >
> >
> >> Les,
> >>
> >> First an apology for my previous part note, a case of tripping over my own
> >> fingers :-(.
> >>
> >> My basic interpretation of the 'Harnad model' is that Stevan wants every
> >> researcher to locally (or remotely) make available an open copy of either
> >> the submitted draft, final draft or published version of their research
> >> publications. It operates in parallel with the current journal model and
> >> uses the quality control services of existing journals.
> >>
> >> However, by using this existing quality control service it is, in fact,
> >> parasitic on the current model. What Stevan does not want to acknowledge
> >> is that this parasitism will ultimately destroy the current journal model
> >> (who is going subscribe to a journal when all its articles are available
> >> for free?).
> >>
> >> From my above analysis it is clear that having mandates (for self
> >> archiving) will not not only increase the number of research articles
> >> freely available (a good thing) but will also accelerate the end of the
> >> 'traditional' journal and force the evolution of a new form of academic
> >> publishing to replace it (in my opinion also a good thing :-) ).
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> John Smith,
> >> The Templeman Library,
> >> University of Kent, UK.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Leslie Carr wrote:
> >>
> >>> But mandates are not yet universally adopted, and there are arguments for
> >>> and against. So in this debate, could you elaborate what you consider to
> >>> be the features of the "Harnad model of scholarly communication" and how
> >>> it differs from other models?
> >>> --
> >>> Les Carr
Received on Wed Oct 25 2006 - 11:43:32 BST