Comments for Open Access Anthropology http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org Promoting Open Access in Anthropology Fri, 28 May 2010 03:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Open Access Folkloristics (Part 3 of 3) by Our Circulatory System (or Folklore Studies Publishing in the Era of Open Access, Corporate Enclosure and the Transformation of Scholarly Societies) « Jason Baird Jackson http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2008/02/28/open-access-folkloristics-part-3-of-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1188 Our Circulatory System (or Folklore Studies Publishing in the Era of Open Access, Corporate Enclosure and the Transformation of Scholarly Societies) « Jason Baird Jackson Fri, 28 May 2010 03:51:39 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2008/02/28/open-access-folkloristics-part-3-of-3/#comment-1188 [...] that I authored for the weblog Open Access Anthropology in winter 2008 (Jackson 2008a, 2008b, 2008c). Inspired this week by the Hacking the Academy project and by Ted Striphas’ recent [...] [...] that I authored for the weblog Open Access Anthropology in winter 2008 (Jackson 2008a, 2008b, 2008c). Inspired this week by the Hacking the Academy project and by Ted Striphas’ recent [...]

]]> Comment on Open Access Folkloristics (Part 2) by Our Circulatory System (or Folklore Studies Publishing in the Era of Open Access, Corporate Enclosure and the Transformation of Scholarly Societies) « Jason Baird Jackson http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2008/02/20/open-access-folkloristics-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1187 Our Circulatory System (or Folklore Studies Publishing in the Era of Open Access, Corporate Enclosure and the Transformation of Scholarly Societies) « Jason Baird Jackson Fri, 28 May 2010 03:49:44 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=48#comment-1187 [...] that I authored for the weblog Open Access Anthropology in winter 2008 (Jackson 2008a, 2008b, 2008c). Inspired this week by the Hacking the Academy project and by Ted Striphas’ recent [...] [...] that I authored for the weblog Open Access Anthropology in winter 2008 (Jackson 2008a, 2008b, 2008c). Inspired this week by the Hacking the Academy project and by Ted Striphas’ recent [...]

]]> Comment on Open Access Folkloristics (Part 1) by Our Circulatory System (or Folklore Studies Publishing in the Era of Open Access, Corporate Enclosure and the Transformation of Scholarly Societies) « Jason Baird Jackson http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2008/02/16/open-access-folkloristics-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 Our Circulatory System (or Folklore Studies Publishing in the Era of Open Access, Corporate Enclosure and the Transformation of Scholarly Societies) « Jason Baird Jackson Fri, 28 May 2010 03:46:59 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=47#comment-1186 [...] issues in folkloristics that I authored for the weblog Open Access Anthropology in winter 2008 (Jackson 2008a, 2008b, 2008c). Inspired this week by the Hacking the Academy project and by Ted Striphas’ [...] [...] issues in folkloristics that I authored for the weblog Open Access Anthropology in winter 2008 (Jackson 2008a, 2008b, 2008c). Inspired this week by the Hacking the Academy project and by Ted Striphas’ [...]

]]> Comment on EduPunk Repositories by Social Sciences Open Access Repository http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-1009 Social Sciences Open Access Repository Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:44:33 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-1009 [...] This is the first general Social Science OA repository we’ve found (hence our previous post on  EduPunk alternatives). I hope SSOAR succeeds, and that the other institutions (cough, cough, AAA, cough, cough) follow [...] [...] This is the first general Social Science OA repository we’ve found (hence our previous post on  EduPunk alternatives). I hope SSOAR succeeds, and that the other institutions (cough, cough, AAA, cough, cough) follow [...]

]]> Comment on EduPunk Repositories by Lauren Cannon http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Lauren Cannon Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:12:37 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-968 http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/we-dont-need-no-formal-education/ http://technorati.com/lifestyle/article/we-dont-need-no-formal-education/

]]> Comment on Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity by Compact for Open-Access Publishing « Jason Baird Jackson http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/09/15/compact-for-open-access-publishing-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-940 Compact for Open-Access Publishing « Jason Baird Jackson Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:38:46 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=181#comment-940 [...] for Open-Access Publishing Equity. I offer a bit more of my thinking on this new development at Open Access Anthropology, where Stevan Harnad has already left a comment that can also be found [...] [...] for Open-Access Publishing Equity. I offer a bit more of my thinking on this new development at Open Access Anthropology, where Stevan Harnad has already left a comment that can also be found [...]

]]> Comment on Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity by Stevan Harnad http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/09/15/compact-for-open-access-publishing-equity/comment-page-1/#comment-939 Stevan Harnad Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:41:58 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=181#comment-939 PRE-EMPTIVE OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING "COMPACTS": DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU I've said this so often now, unheeded, that all I can do is echo it yet again: Regardless of the size of the asking price ("reasonable" or unreasonable), it is an enormous strategic mistake for a university or research funder to commit to pre-emptive payment of Open Access Journal Publishing fees (Gold OA) until and unless the university or funder has first mandated Green OA self-archiving for all of its own published journal article output (regardless of whether published in OA or non-OA journals). There are so far five signatories to the "Compact for Open-Access Equity." Two of them have mandated Green OA (Harvard and MIT) and three have not (Cornell, Dartmouth, Berkeley). Many non-mandating universities have also been committing to the the pre-emptive SCOAP3 consortium. If Harvard's and MIT's example is followed, and Green OA mandates grow globally ahead of Gold OA commitments, then there's no harm done. But if it is instead pre-emptive commitments to fund Gold OA that grow, at the expense of mandates to provide Green OA, then the worldwide research community will yet again have shot itself in the foot insofar as universal OA -- so long within its reach, yet still not grasped -- is concerned. Harnad, S. (1991) Post-Gutenberg Galaxy: The Fourth Revolution in the Means of Production of Knowledge. Public-Access Computer Systems Review 2 (1): 39 - 53 Harnad, S. (1995) Universal FTP Archives for Esoteric Science and Scholarship: A Subversive Proposal. In: Ann Okerson & James O'Donnell (Eds.) Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads; A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing. Washington, DC., Association of Research Libraries, June 1995. Harnad, S. (1999) Free at Last: The Future of Peer-Reviewed Journals. D-Lib Magazine 5(12) December 1999 Harnad, S., Carr, L., Brody, T. & Oppenheim, C. (2003) Mandated online RAE CVs Linked to University Eprint Archives. Ariadne 35. Harnad, S., Brody, T., Vallieres, F., Carr, L., Hitchcock, S., Gingras, Y, Oppenheim, C., Stamerjohanns, H., & Hilf, E. (2004) The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access. Serials Review 30. Shorter version: The green and the gold roads to Open Access. Nature Web Focus. Harnad, S. (2006) Opening Access by Overcoming Zeno's Paralysis, in Jacobs, N., Eds. Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects. Chandos. Harnad, S. (2007) The Green Road to Open Access: A Leveraged Transition. In: Anna Gacs. The Culture of Periodicals from the Perspective of the Electronic Age. L'Harmattan. 99-106. Harnad, S. (2008) The PostGutenberg Open Access Journal. To appear in: Cope, B. & Phillips, A (Eds.) The Future of the Academic Journal. Chandos. Hyperlinked version of this posting: http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/627-guid.html PRE-EMPTIVE OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING “COMPACTS”: DON’T SAY I DIDN’T WARN YOU

I’ve said this so often now, unheeded, that all I can do is echo it yet again:

Regardless of the size of the asking price (”reasonable” or unreasonable), it is an enormous strategic mistake for a university or research funder to commit to pre-emptive payment of Open Access Journal Publishing fees (Gold OA) until and unless the university or funder has first mandated Green OA self-archiving for all of its own published journal article output (regardless of whether published in OA or non-OA journals).

There are so far five signatories to the “Compact for Open-Access Equity.” Two of them have mandated Green OA (Harvard and MIT) and three have not (Cornell, Dartmouth, Berkeley). Many non-mandating universities have also been committing to the the pre-emptive SCOAP3 consortium.

If Harvard’s and MIT’s example is followed, and Green OA mandates grow globally ahead of Gold OA commitments, then there’s no harm done.

But if it is instead pre-emptive commitments to fund Gold OA that grow, at the expense of mandates to provide Green OA, then the worldwide research community will yet again have shot itself in the foot insofar as universal OA — so long within its reach, yet still not grasped — is concerned.

Harnad, S. (1991) Post-Gutenberg Galaxy: The Fourth Revolution in the Means of Production of Knowledge. Public-Access Computer Systems Review 2 (1): 39 – 53

Harnad, S. (1995) Universal FTP Archives for Esoteric Science and Scholarship: A Subversive Proposal. In: Ann Okerson & James O’Donnell (Eds.) Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads; A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing. Washington, DC., Association of Research Libraries, June 1995.

Harnad, S. (1999) Free at Last: The Future of Peer-Reviewed Journals. D-Lib Magazine 5(12) December 1999

Harnad, S., Carr, L., Brody, T. & Oppenheim, C. (2003) Mandated online RAE CVs Linked to University Eprint Archives. Ariadne 35.

Harnad, S., Brody, T., Vallieres, F., Carr, L., Hitchcock, S., Gingras, Y, Oppenheim, C., Stamerjohanns, H., & Hilf, E. (2004) The Access/Impact Problem and the Green and Gold Roads to Open Access. Serials Review 30. Shorter version: The green and the gold roads to Open Access. Nature Web Focus.

Harnad, S. (2006) Opening Access by Overcoming Zeno’s Paralysis, in Jacobs, N., Eds. Open Access: Key Strategic, Technical and Economic Aspects. Chandos.

Harnad, S. (2007) The Green Road to Open Access: A Leveraged Transition. In: Anna Gacs. The Culture of Periodicals from the Perspective of the Electronic Age. L’Harmattan. 99-106.

Harnad, S. (2008) The PostGutenberg Open Access Journal. To appear in: Cope, B. & Phillips, A (Eds.) The Future of the Academic Journal. Chandos.

Hyperlinked version of this posting:
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/627-guid.html

]]> Comment on The Impact of the Web 2.0 World on Scholarly Societies by Four Stone Hearth #74 « Natures/Cultures http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/15/the-impact-of-the-web-2-0-world-on-scholarly-societies/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Four Stone Hearth #74 « Natures/Cultures Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:07:18 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=178#comment-929 [...]   Open Access Anthropology, as usual, is all over the idea; particularly interesting is a post on scholarly societies in the wake of Web 2.0. LL Wynn at Culture Matters is undertaking a new project about how we all experience ethics [...] [...]   Open Access Anthropology, as usual, is all over the idea; particularly interesting is a post on scholarly societies in the wake of Web 2.0. LL Wynn at Culture Matters is undertaking a new project about how we all experience ethics [...]

]]> Comment on EduPunk Repositories by Recent links on Open Access « Free Our Books http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Recent links on Open Access « Free Our Books Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:04:13 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-923 [...] EduPunk Repositories: If you don’t have access to an institutional or subject repository you can self-archive in, here’s a review of some alternatives. [...] [...] EduPunk Repositories: If you don’t have access to an institutional or subject repository you can self-archive in, here’s a review of some alternatives. [...]

]]> Comment on EduPunk Repositories by Owen Wiltshire http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/2009/08/06/edupunk-repositories/comment-page-1/#comment-880 Owen Wiltshire Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:06:58 +0000 http://blog.openaccessanthropology.org/?p=154#comment-880 I just wanted to throw in my feeling of despair with this Mana'o thing. There was a lot of energy put into spreading the word around and now that is mostly lost. I emailed months ago to find out what was up, and offered to help out. These messages were ignored. Recently I volunteered to setup a mirroring system for the archive (a basic internet concept that has existed since the internets conception, that would have fixed all the server issues (but not administrative ones). So far I haven't gotten a response... What about all the data in Mana'o right now? Can we not set that up online for now at least? What is this nonsense about just letting it die? Honestly, I feel really disappointed in the way mana'o turned out. If it actually dies, then it did more harm than good. I certainly appreciate all the work that went into it, and I want that thing to keep going, but to start over? what the... A central repository is crucial for the OA movement to succeed in anthropology. Also remember, most self-archiving mandates are clear to say that the repository must be disciplinary specific, or a university one. Using general repositories may not be so simple!!! Okay, so its not the end of the world, but if I could get my hands on the data in the repository, I'd be happy to get it all back online (i can't handle adding new entries, but I could setup a form to automagically enter them - which of course is not the same as helping to format them as Mana'o was doing). I seem to have missed a lot of the discussion as to what happened to manao. I'll keep digging around these forums to find out whats up! I just wanted to throw in my feeling of despair with this Mana’o thing.

There was a lot of energy put into spreading the word around and now that is mostly lost. I emailed months ago to find out what was up, and offered to help out. These messages were ignored.

Recently I volunteered to setup a mirroring system for the archive (a basic internet concept that has existed since the internets conception, that would have fixed all the server issues (but not administrative ones). So far I haven’t gotten a response…

What about all the data in Mana’o right now? Can we not set that up online for now at least? What is this nonsense about just letting it die?

Honestly, I feel really disappointed in the way mana’o turned out. If it actually dies, then it did more harm than good. I certainly appreciate all the work that went into it, and I want that thing to keep going, but to start over? what the…

A central repository is crucial for the OA movement to succeed in anthropology.

Also remember, most self-archiving mandates are clear to say that the repository must be disciplinary specific, or a university one. Using general repositories may not be so simple!!!

Okay, so its not the end of the world, but if I could get my hands on the data in the repository, I’d be happy to get it all back online (i can’t handle adding new entries, but I could setup a form to automagically enter them – which of course is not the same as helping to format them as Mana’o was doing).

I seem to have missed a lot of the discussion as to what happened to manao. I’ll keep digging around these forums to find out whats up!

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