[Taxacom] Open Access taxonomy

Roderic Page r.page at bio.gla.ac.uk
Wed May 25 12:40:19 CDT 2011


Dear Frank,

On 25 May 2011, at 17:56, <Frank.Krell at dmns.org> <Frank.Krell at dmns.org> wrote:

> Well, isn't that the reason why we have a library system? Not each new reader has to pay to read. Yes, you need a library pass, and access to a library which has access to the literature you need. However, even when I was a school kid, I managed to get almost all the literature I needed (scientific papers, I mean), with very little investment (train tickets to the next library, interlibrary loan fees).

Take a look around, libraries are in trouble (e.g., http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/57491/ ).

> 
> Yes, it is much more efficient to stay glued in front of a computer screen and have everything readily on hand. 

Or access the information on a smart phone in the middle of the countryside, or on an airplane, or in a coffee shop. The notion that online means on a desktop might apply a few years ago, but no longer. 

I absolutely want everything on hand right now. And I suggest the next cohort of people who are foolish enough to join this field will expect nothing less.

> 
> And from the publisher's standpoint: The subscription model still works. For example, if I want to eat a pizza, I pay for it and get it. Oh well, this is just the 99.999% of the world outside scientific publishing...

There are all sorts of business models that we could consider, and I'd suggest there's a lot of variation in the "the 99.999% of the world outside scientific publishing". Just take a look at what has happened to the music industry since the advent of Napster, iTunes, and Spotify.

Regards

Rod




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> Frank
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> Dr Frank T. Krell 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Roderic Page
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 10:39 AM
> To: Taxacom
> Cc: John Noyes
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Open Access taxonomy
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> Dear John,
> 
> Sure, there's no such thing as a free lunch. But there's an asymmetry between a one-time cost to publish, versus requiring each  new reader having to pay to read. And that's even without considering the potential for reuse that comes with (most) Open Access articles.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rod
> 
> On 25 May 2011, at 17:17, John Noyes wrote:
> 
>> Well, I suppose it lies behind an "input" paywall (pay to publish) or
>> output paywall (pay to access) or both. You take your pick. Very few
>> "open access" publications are open and free on either or both sides of
>> the publishing spectrum. That includes Zookeys, Zootaxa, and Plos One.
>> Someone has to pay somewhere.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> John Noyes
>> Scientific Associate
>> Department of Entomology
>> Natural History Museum
>> Cromwell Road
>> South Kensington
>> London SW7 5BD 
>> UK
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>> Universal Chalcidoidea Database (everything you wanted to know about
>> chalcidoids and more):
>> www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
>> [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Roderic Page
>> Sent: 25 May 2011 16:27
>> To: Taxacom
>> Subject: [Taxacom] Open Access taxonomy
>> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> At the risk of channelling Donat Agosti, I find it somewhat depressing
>> that only two of the International Institute for Species Exploration's
>> Top 10 new species for 2010 (http://species.asu.edu/Top10 ) were
>> published as Open Access articles (see
>> http://iphylo.blogspot.com/2011/05/top-ten-new-species-described-in-2010
>> .html or http://tinyurl.com/3j69cw5 ).
>> 
>> Choice of where to publish is obviously influenced by several, sometimes
>> conflicting criteria, but it's a pity that so much of taxonomy's output
>> lies behind paywalls.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Rod
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Roderic Page
Professor of Taxonomy
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College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
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University of Glasgow
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