First Thoughts on Sustaining Scholarly Publishing | Peer to Peer Review

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"[L]et me confess that not long ago I was impatient when library leaders urged us to become publishers. I value the work of good editors too much to believe we can do without them. I still feel that way. But I am irritated that we are abandoning core library roles—access and preservation—because the commercialization of scholarly publishing depends on limiting access and retaining control through licensing material. In the current system, the business model requires control to make money, but preservation is not in publishers' skill set and too much money and labor on the part of both publishers and librarians is wasted on erecting and then unlocking systems that deny access to anyone who hasn't paid....So, I've changed my mind. We should become publishers, but to do it properly we would need to add to our staffs the skills we lack...."

Link:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/889625-264/first_thoughts_on_sustaining_scholarly.html.csp

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Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.business_models oa.preservation oa.books oa.up oa.libpub

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 14:23

Date published:

03/13/2011, 22:45