Comments on: Open Access on a “Level Playing Field” http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/07/01/a-level-playing-field/ What's Hot & What's Cooking in Scholarly Publishing - from the Society for Scholarly Publishing Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cornell Open-Access Publication Fund « The Scholarly Kitchen http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/07/01/a-level-playing-field/#comment-4691 Cornell Open-Access Publication Fund « The Scholarly Kitchen Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:26:46 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=3982#comment-4691 [...] free access through author payments.  Stuart Shieber and others have repeatedly used the phrase “leveling the playing field” to embody this [...] [...] free access through author payments.  Stuart Shieber and others have repeatedly used the phrase “leveling the playing field” to embody this [...]

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]]> By: Philip Davis http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/07/01/a-level-playing-field/#comment-3769 Philip Davis Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:49:10 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=3982#comment-3769 Steve, I see your point, but the creation of these author publication funds is all about <i>publishing</i>. If the argument were merely about <i>access</i>, librarians would focus their attention on providing alternate free access routes to the literature, like self-archiving. The creation of author OA publication funds is about showing preference for one type of publishing over another, and as I tried to argue, it will have unintended consequences. It will put those publishers who have done an excellent job containing costs at a distinct disadvantage and favor commercial publishing entities. I'm not sure this is the future librarians sought when they started equating "crisis in scholarly communication" with reduced purchasing power. Steve, I see your point, but the creation of these author publication funds is all about publishing. If the argument were merely about access, librarians would focus their attention on providing alternate free access routes to the literature, like self-archiving.

The creation of author OA publication funds is about showing preference for one type of publishing over another, and as I tried to argue, it will have unintended consequences. It will put those publishers who have done an excellent job containing costs at a distinct disadvantage and favor commercial publishing entities.

I’m not sure this is the future librarians sought when they started equating “crisis in scholarly communication” with reduced purchasing power.

]]> By: Steve Hitchcock http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/07/01/a-level-playing-field/#comment-3766 Steve Hitchcock Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:26:38 +0000 http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/?p=3982#comment-3766 Phil, You spotted an interesting convergence of phrase among OA publishing advocates and are right to question it. However, your point in response isn't quite the right one. Open access is about levelling the playing field for access rather than publishing. Steve Phil, You spotted an interesting convergence of phrase among OA publishing advocates and are right to question it. However, your point in response isn’t quite the right one. Open access is about levelling the playing field for access rather than publishing.

Steve

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