[Taxacom] Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals, open access

[John Grehan]

Like the Denver Museum, the Buffalo Museum of Science used a similar
route this year with its Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural
Sciences. 

By formatting in house and limiting print copies to 160 (with 87 going
to library exchange partners) we were able to reduce costs dramatically.


We did not invest in producing a lot of print copies for sale as that
would have increased our costs, but we figured that all articles can be
obtained from authors as pdfs and we will also sell a pdf of the entire
volume.

John Grehan 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-
> bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Frank.Krell at dmns.org
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 3:41 PM
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: [Taxacom] Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals, open
access
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> after a break of seven years, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
> publishes a scientific journal again. The first issue of the Denver
Museum
> of Nature & Science Annals was published in September:
> Woodburne, M.O., Gunnell, G.F. & Stucky, R.K.: Land Mammal Faunas of
North
> America Rise and Fall During the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum. 74 pp.
> 
> It comes in three editions:
> 
> -          an open access online edition available at
> http://www.dmns.org/main/en/General/Science/Publications/ (including a
low
> resolution version for people with slow internet connections)
> 
> -          an initial print run for the library exchange program
> (mary.cytrynbaum[at]dmns.org)
> 
> -          a print on demand edition for purchase at
>
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/land-mammal-faunas-of-north-
> america-rise-and-fall-during-the-early-eocene-climatic-optimum/7751896
> 
> 
> The Annals are a peer-reviewed, professionally produced journal that
does
> not require page charges (although encourages voluntary contributions
if
> available). The journal is available electronically free of charge and
on
> paper for low cost ($11.10 + postage for the first issue). For papers
> containing nomenclatural acts we will make sure that all three
editions
> are published simultaneously.
> 
> With this journal, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science wants to
> demonstrate that it is possible to produce a professional scientific
> journal without charging authors and/or users substantial sums. Of
course,
> production costs are substantial, and the journal cannot increase its
> volume without contributions to those costs, but we are confident that
we
> can sustain this model.
> 
> The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals are primarily for papers
> dealing with material held or to be deposited at the Museum, papers of
> Museum staff and regionally relevant papers. DMNS holds the copyright,
but
> the papers are published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-
> Commercial license.  So feel free to copy it, send it around, post it
on
> webpages, whatever is appropriate for the non-commercial dissemination
of
> scientific results.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Frank
> 
> Dr Frank T. Krell, Editor-in-Chief
> Curator of Entomology
> Commissioner, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
> Chair, ICZN ZooBank Committee
> Department of Zoology
> Denver Museum of Nature & Science
> 2001 Colorado Boulevard
> Denver, CO 80205-5798 USA
> Frank.Krell at dmns.org
> Phone: (+1) (303) 370-8244
> Fax: (+1) (303) 331-6492
>
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