Since Jan 2009, our repository (eprints.iisc.ernet.in), has been using the
GNU Eprints.org version, which supports reprint request. Since then, on an
average, we receive about 20-25 reprint request everyday! This is very
encouraging for us and it also exemplifies the usefulness of the IRs. My
only concern is, one needs to spend considerable amount of time in
responding to the reprint requests. Will there be any copyright-related
issues if the reprint request process is automated?
Regards,
- Francis
NCSI, IISc
Bangalore, India
On Mon, 20 Jul 2009, Stevan Harnad wrote:
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> On Wed, 1 Jul 2009, Gavin Baker wrote:
>
> > Dr. Harnad,
> >
> > I know you are an advocate for the "eprint request button" for
> > repositories. Do you know of any studies or data on how widespread use
> > of these buttons is, and how frequently such requests are granted?
> >
> > In the handful of times I've used such a button, I have gotten either no
> > response or have been declined.
>
> Dear Gavin,
>
> Apologies for the delay in responding.
>
> I don't have any data yet. I've branched your query to the EPrints and
> DSpace lists. Perhaps someone may already have some data.
>
> My guess is that it is too early for informative stats. The instances
> are too few; the practice is not yet widesread enough, so authors are
> really not entirely clear on what they are doing. (Neither are most IR
> managers.)
>
> However, I thin this will be changing, as more deposit mandates are
> adopted, and the logic of the ID/OA Mandate (Immediate Deposit, Optional
> Access: Either immediate OA, or Closed Access plus Button) becomes
> better understood. Then IRs will clearly inform their authors about best
> practice, and both the IDOA Mandate and the Button will at last come
> into their own.
>
> Although OA and OA policy are in fact very simple and straightforward,
> they are apparently novel enough, relative to what authors have been
> doing for decades, that it takes more time than one (and certainly I!)
> might have expected for the message to get through, and understood, and
> put into practice.
>
> Or so I am told, anyway, by those who keep advising me to be patient!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Stevan
>
>
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> > Gavin Baker
> > http://www.gavinbaker.com/
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