11-06-22 [email protected]Capita selecta on scholarly communication presented by Leo Waaijers, Manager of SURF Platform ICT and Reseach, to the 2004 Winter Meeting ‘Economic Models for Scientific Information, Production and Distribution’ of ICSTI Paris, January 15-16, 2004.
Capita selecta on scholarly communication. presented by Leo Waaijers , Manager of SURF Platform ICT and Reseach, to the 2004 Winter Meeting ‘Economic Models for Scientific Information, Production and Distribution’ of ICSTI Paris, January 15-16, 2004. Philosophy Who’s responsible? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Scientific progress thrives on the symbiosis of creation & communication
Upon hearing that he was awarded the Nobel Prize with Brenner and Horvitz, Sir John Sulston is quoted as saying that:
"The worm [C. elegans] worked so well because the community held an ethos of sharing - just as the public genome projects have - from the beginning. We gave all our results to others as soon as we had them. From sharing, discovery is accelerated in the community. Research is hastened when people share results freely."
For the year 2002 Wageningen University & Research Centre paid M€ 2.4 to get access to the most important scientific information.
In an Open Access world (and publishing all its articles through BMC) Wageningen would have had to pay M$ 0.7* to get access to all scientific information published worldwide.
"We believe there is a 50% risk of a change in the model ten years from now."and
"BNP Paribas expresses its concern regarding the company’s (= Reed Elsevier’s) current subscription based access, as compared to the newer and more successful article-fee based open access system."
‘Professional Publishing’, 200 pp, BNP Paribas, October 2003 http://www.newratings.com/new2/beta/article.asp?aid=341832
• US Sabo Bill 1 ("Public Access to Science Act")• US Sabo Bill 2 ("Public Access to Science Act")• UK Parliament, Science and Technoloy Committee• Report on Changing Research Practices in the Digital Inform
ation and Communication Environment (Aus. Gov.)• AUS$ 12 million for managing university information• The Wellcome Trust Statement• The Berlin Decaration• The Budapest Open Access Initiative
• Result: Directory of Open Access Journals (697 OA journals)
The transfer to Open Access is a• win (scientists)• win (society)• win (universities/institutes)• win (libraries)• win (publishers?)• lose (shareholders)step.