[Air-L] Elsevier and academia.edu

[Mathieu ONeil]

Hi Deborah, all

That's a really good point but it begs the question: how exactly do these funding bodies define "[providing] funds for the open access publishing of materials produced from research they fund"? Does this mean setting aside extra money to pay for so-called "open access" from the likes of Elsevier (at the tune of $2-3,000 per article...). Or does this mean supporting the open sourcing of research by new means? If the former (which is much easier: just set aside this amount) then it is not really addressing the exploitative nature of the research community / commercial publisher relationship.

cheers,
Mathieu
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Subject: Re: [Air-L] Elsevier and academia.edu

As I'm sure discussants in Australia know, research funding bodies in
Australia have also begun to mandate and provide funds for the open access
publishing of materials produced from research they fund, including the two
major funding bodies. This has begun to change the culture in universities
here concerning open access. My university held at least two forums on open
access publishing this year in the attempt to inform academics about the
ins-and-outs of OA.

Deborah


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:20 PM, nickjan <nickjan at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> All:
>
> The Scholarly Kitchen (collective blog for the Society for Scholarly
> Publishing) has just posted an insightful analysis of the Elsevier -
> Academia.edu saga, entitled "The End of an Era for Academia.edu and Other
> Academic Networks?" Available at:
>
> http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2013/12/11/has-
> elsevier-signaled-a-new-era-for-academia-edu-and-other-
> professional-networks/
>
> As pointed out in the post, many of the comments to a recent article in
> The Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com/blogs/
> wiredcampus/posting-your-latest-article-you-might-have-
> to-take-it-down/48865) are particularly astute....
>
> Nick Jankowski
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