Re: Looking an open access gift horse in the mouth

[Jean-Claude Gu�don <jean.claude.guedon@umontreal.ca>]

Mark Danderson's remarks demonstrate that he has not examined the
possibility of external funding for publishing, particularly on the part
of granting agencies.

Best,  jcg


Le 16 Janvier 2004 16:42, Ann Okerson a �crit :
> With permission of the writer...
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:59:25 -0500
> From: mdanderson@mms.org
> To: aokerson@pantheon.yale.edu
> Subject: RE: Looking an open access gift horse in the mouth
>
> Dear Ann:  I agree with your assessment. The OA model transfers the cost
> of publishing from users to producers of research.  Which, as you point
> out, means that some institutions will pay nothing while producing
> universities (Yale among them) will see a dramatic increase in their share
> of the cost of publication.  Logically, this is the only certain result of
> the OA model. The burden for the cost of publication will shift from all
> institutions to the relatively few that produce the research.
>
> Mark Danderson (representing my personal view only - not an institutional
> statement)
> New England Journal of Medicine
> mdanderson@nejm.org