Re: Library Roles Changing, Open Access Not Compelling

[David Prosser <david.prosser@rluk.ac.uk>]

Interestingly, while apparently authors have no interest in 
paying to publish in oa journals, PLoS One has become one of the 
world's largest journals after a launch only about 4 years ago.

Is there a simple answer to that paradox?

David

On 15 Apr 2010, at 23:11, "Philip Davis" <pmd8@cornell.edu> wrote:

> One Report, Two Findings: Library Roles Changing, Open Access 
> Not Compelling
>
> by Kent Anderson
> Scholarly Kitchen
> April 15, 2010
> http://j.mp/92pRAi
>
> quote:
>
> "It's been a fear among librarians for decades, a perception 
> among publishers for years, and now a survey shows it's now a 
> clear opinion among faculty and researchers -- libraries are 
> increasingly viewed as information purchasing agents inside 
> academic institutions rather than intellectual partners.
>
> An unrelated perception that's been argued for years is that 
> open access is of dubious value to scholars, with their 
> dedication to its ideals hardly rising above lip service."