On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Sandy Thatcher wrote:
> One would think, then, that the language of the ERC statement could have
> been
> more precise: "peer-reviewed publications" is a general term that normally
> would be thought, in an academic context, to include all types of
> publications.
Yes, all Green OA self-archiving mandates should specify that they
apply to articles published in peer-reviewed journals and peer-reviewed
congress proceedings, to be clear that they do not apply to books. But
academics know this. Books are vetted for publishability, but they are
not peer-reviewed. In an academic CV, one does not list one's books under
"peer-reviewed publications."
Stevan Harnad
> Sandy Thatcher
>
> > No, neither the ERC Green OA Self-Archiving Mandate nor the NIH Green OA
> > Self-Archiving Mandate applies to books. (Nor do the RCUK mandates, nor
> > the
> > university and departmental mandates, nor any of the 35 mandates adopted
> > and the 8 proposed worldwide so
> > far:http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php.) They all apply only to
> > peer- reviewed journal-articles.
> >
> > Book self-archiving cannot and should not be mandated, for the contrary
> > of
> > much the same reasons peer-reviewed journal articles can and should be.
> >
> > Stevan Harnad
> >
> > On 16-Jan-08, at 7:20 PM, Sandy Thatcher wrote:
> >
> > > Does this apply to all "publications," including books? If so,one
> > > wonders how authors of these books will find any publishersfor
> > > them. I certainly wouldn't invest our press's money inpublishing a
> > > book that became available for free after sixmonths from another
> > > source. And I would worry a great deal ifagencies like the NEH made
> > > this a condition for all projects itfunds in the humanities, both
> > > books and journals. A six-monthembargo might work for science; I
> > > think it will destroypublishing in the humanities.
> > >
> > > Sandy Thatcher
> > > Penn State University Press
>
>
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