Open Access Fees – Pay to Play? - Talking in the Library

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-10-26

Summary:

Is it worth it to pay to have journal article published as “open access"?  Many faculty face this question, so it’s a good topic to explore during Open Access Week. First of all, “open access” is the ability of anyone to view and download your article without having to pay. This has been proven to be a good thing, since open access articles are cited more often in other scholarly publications than those articles available only through paid access. Authors have three options for making their articles open access: [1] Major traditional, scientific publishers ... [2] Another option is to publish in journals that have open access as the center of their business plan... [3] For no cost, you can deposit your article in the K-State Research Exchange (K-REx)... There is a catch, though. Whether or not you can do this is determined by the “self-archiving” policy of the publisher. The vast majority of publishers, Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, and Springer included, allow this. They stipulate, however, that you can deposit only your as-accepted manuscript, not the publisher formatted version. K-State Libraries staff work with faculty to verify publishers self archiving policies and deposit their articles in K-REx.  Given these options, what’s the best way to go? There’s no best answer for all cases and all faculty, but here are some factors to consider ..."

Link:

http://ksulib.typepad.com/talking/2012/10/open-access-fees-pay-to-play.html

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

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oa.new oa.gold oa.business_models oa.publishers oa.policies oa.licensing oa.comment oa.green oa.advocacy oa.copyright oa.libraries oa.librarians oa.fees oa.recommendations oa.kansas_state.u oa.oa_week oa.krex oa.repositories oa.libre oa.journals

Date tagged:

10/26/2012, 11:37

Date published:

10/26/2012, 07:37