On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 6:10 PM, atanu garai
<atanugarai.lists_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Stevan Harnad
2008/9/15 Stevan Harnad <amsciforum_at_gmail.com>
> (6) Now the essence of this strategy: NIH should also
implement
> the "Email Eprint Request" Button, so that any would-be
user,
> webwide, who reaches a link to a Closed Access article,
can
> insert their email address in a box, indicate that a
single
> copy of the postprint is being requested for research
or health
> purposes, and click.
>
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/274-guid.html
>
> (7) The eprint request is then automatically
transmitted
> immediately by the repository software to the author of
the
> article, who receives an email with a URL that can then
be
> clicked if the author wishes to have the repository
software
> automatically email one individual copy of that eprint
to that
> individual requester.
>
> (8) This is not Open Access (OA). But functionally, it
is
> almost-OA.
Before recommending this, it is important that we also
take into
consideration article level usage data of PMC (apart from
legal
aspect itself). If an article is needed downloaded
thousand
times, it is not sure how the author is going to press
the button
thousand times. Regards
Dear Atanu:
Don't worry! That rare, lucky author will manage (and with a smile on
his face)...
And once Deposit Mandates are universal, this is the sort of thing
that will help ensure the natural transition to universal OA.
And what legal aspect do you have in mind, when it comes to authors
responding to individual eprint requests for their own articles?
Here are some URLs to try it with:
http://www.archipel.uqam.ca/920/
and
http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/16603/
Best wishes,
Stevan
Atanu Garai
Received on Tue Sep 16 2008 - 02:43:33 BST