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ICSTI: European Science Foundation (ESF) on OAI
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- Subject: ICSTI: European Science Foundation (ESF) on OAI
- From: Pete Strickland <ps@iucr.org>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 14:37:49 +0100 (BST)
---------- Forwarded Message ---------- From: Barry Mahon <mahons1@EIRCOM.NET> Subject: European Science Foundation (ESF) on OAI To: ICSTI-L@DTIC.MIL Precedence: list X-UIDL: lS2"!D?K!!n#3!!4MU!! Status: R X-Status: N At this URL: http://www.esf.org/publication/157/ESPB21.pdf you will find a report, prepared in May 2003 by the ESF on OAI following two workshops held at CERN (one was attended by Howard Flack on behalf of ICSTI) - initiated by Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (LIBER). The conclusions from the report: "The world of scholarly publishing is undergoing a profound transformation. Nobody can predict the outcome of this revolution, but it is of great relevance for the future of scientific research. The Internet has made possible the no-cost dissemination of scientific information through a variety of mechanisms. We encourage experimentation with these new mechanisms because they promise a publication process with improved global access to research results. Importantly, this move forward can also bring a reduced financial burden for libraries. Experimentation with these new publishing and distribution tools can be accomplished without compromising the high standards enforced by the traditional publication process – both with respect to scientific quality (through peer review) and to stability of access (through paper or digital archiving). In the meantime, ESF should look with an open mind towards these new initiatives. Special actions that could be undertaken or stimulated include the following: The organisation of seminars for educating researchers and helping them explore opportunities in open access publishing. Offering moral support to OAI by convincing the national funding agencies in Europe of the positive impact that in the long run such an initiative may have on the development of scientific research. It is especially with this last idea in mind that the present Policy Briefing has been published" It seems to me that while the aspirations are valid (almost "motherhood" in their obviousness) it is not valid to say that OA(I) is 'no cost' - there is no free lunch......It also implies that, prior to OAI, dissemination of STI was a 'cost' - which is not necessarily true..... I note also that the report is careful to always refer to the topic as OAI and not get confused with other "O" based acronyms as far as I can see. Bye, Barry ------------------------------------------------------- -- Best wishes Peter Strickland Managing Editor IUCr Journals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IUCr Editorial Office, 5 Abbey Square, Chester CH1 2HU, England Phone: 44 1244 342878 Fax: 44 1244 314888 Email: ps@iucr.org Ftp: ftp.iucr.org WWW: http://journals.iucr.org/ NEWSFLASH: Complete text of all IUCr journals back to 1948 now online! Visit Crystallography Journals Online for more details
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