Re: OASPA responds to submission prank in OA journal

[Sandy Thatcher <sgt3@psu.edu>]

In a reply to this blog, librarian Deborah Malone worries about 
the "contradiction" between Bentham Science's having its journals 
listed in the DOAJ and its not being a member of OASPA. But I was 
not aware that DOAJ upheld or enforced any standards for listing 
journals in the Directory, so is there really any contradiction?

>The Open Access Scholarly Publisher's Association (OASPA) has 
>responded to the recent prank involving the submission - and 
>reported acceptance - of a computer-generated paper to The Open 
>Information Science Journal, published by Bentham Science.
>
>As noted in the blog piece, one of the key incentives behind 
>establishing OASPA was a desire to ensure high standards among 
>Open Access publishers.
>
>The blog piece is available at:
>http://oaspa.org/blog/2009/06/11/publishing-ethics-open-access-and-oaspa/
>
>Caroline Sutton, PhD
>Publisher
>Co-Action Publishing
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