The problem with the green way is mainly that it is a parasitic and has
no life of it's own.
More like a virus. The way scientists has taken is the golden road. That
is creating their
own journals and a complete free new infrastructure that has nothing to
do with the
commercial. This has been created without threats, force or mandates.
Jan
Klaus Graf wrote:
> I have replied there:
>
> http://archiv.twoday.net/search?q=button
>
> (i) The button is making scholars to beggars.
>
> (ii) There is evidence that asking directly the author is more
> successful. Having used the button without success a following direct
> mail would diminish the chances.
>
> (iii) My own experiences with the button (for test purposes) have
> shown that the success rate is low.
>
> (iv) DON'T LET THE AUTHOR DECIDE IF DARK OR OPEN. If there are no
> cogent copyright reasons DON'T ACCEPT dark deposits.
>
> (v) DON'T ACCEPT DARK DEPOSITS WITHOUT FIXED EMBARGO TERM.
>
> Klaus Graf
>
> 2010/2/3 C.J.Smith <c.j.smith_at_open.ac.uk>:
>
>> Members of this list may be interested in a blog post I’ve just written on
>> the “request copy” button used by some repositories (including my own). I’d
>> welcome your responses not only on this list, but also as comments to the
>> blog post itself.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/ORO/?p=92
>>
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och inte ett uttryck för Göteborgs universitets-
biblioteks hållning
Opinions expressed here are my own and not
those of the Gothenburg University Library
Jan Szczepanski
Förste bibliotekarie
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