Re: Green Angels and OA Extremists

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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:08:24 -0500

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Le mercredi 03 décembre 2008 à 05:54 +0000, Leslie Carr a écrit :


      Discussion on the other side of the fence (the library
      side), seems to indicate that there is little enthusiasm
      anyway for this kind of "assistance" (in Michael's terms)
      or "systematic downloading" (Elsevier's). I think that
      the library position is that they have no resources
      available to do this work for the author, even if it were
      acceptable to the publisher.

      --

      Les Carr


I wonder what the exact situation is. My own impression is that many
libraries are willing to do the job for the authors, and do so.
Furthermore, in my humble opinion, libraries should be doing this
work, thereby becoming the publishers of their institution.
Furthermore, they should declare that the version of the article in
their repository, because it has been vetted, is a reference version
just as good as that of the publisher. And if anyone adds that this
is a publishing reform, I will fully and heartily agree... :-)

Jean-Claude Guédon
Université de Montréal
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