> From my experience, it is quite obvious in the metada page of the
> article when a full-text version is available for download (thus OA )
> or from the author on request (“closed access”).
Two thoughts...
Firstly, there is an implication here that people's route to the full-text is always via the 'metadata page'. That might well be how we've chosen to design the system but it isn't necessarily safe to assume that is how it always works ?
Secondly, your "experience" (I assume) is as someone who is familiar with and understands the notions of 'open access' and 'repositories'. I thought the point of this thread (and what you were arguing in your earlier message) is that in the wider general population of researchers there is still confusion about these things. Apologies if I misunderstood you.
So, while an OA button (embedded into both the metadata page and the full-text for maximum exposure) might not help you, it might help raise awareness of OA more generally?
I don't have an evidence to hand, but I don't think it would be an unreasonable assumption that the development of clear CC logos and buttons was a big help in raising awareness of what CC were trying to do ??
Andy
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Sent: 19 January 2010 18:57
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Subject: Re: Roundtable Press Release (Access to Research Results)
Andy Powell wrote:
>
> Has anyone ever considered developing an 'OA' button (a bit like the CC ones) that
> can be added to individual articles? [...] the repository could be made to automatically
> add it each time a document is uploaded
>
From my experience, it is quite obvious in the metada page of the
article when a full-text version is available for download (thus OA )
or from the author on request (“closed access”).
Message-ID: <dummy7510477247_at_invented.ecs.soton.ac.uk>
There is also the (undocumented) Google Scholar's green triangle (see
http://bit.ly/5cAlrX for details), which seems to be good at
identifying repository-based versions, but apparently less in the case
of “free” (gratis) articles on publisher websites.
Sally Morris wrote:
>
> Our article [in the journal Learned Publishing ] is, indeed, OA
> (as the copyright line on the first page makes clear).
>
I had overlooked the footnote mentioning the CC license, but one
normally expects a CC icon to be displayed on the website. Anyway,
this is an issue mostly for someone who wants to evaluate the number
or ratio of (gold) OA articles. The “normal” user understands soon
enough if the article is free (at least for her) or available for a
fee (pay-per-view or subscription).
Marc Couture
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