[Taxacom] Open Access taxonomy

Wed May 25 11:56:57 CDT 2011

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).

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

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...

Frank

Dr Frank T. Krell 
Curator of Entomology 
Commissioner, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
Chair, ICZN ZooBank Committee
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science 
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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

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
> jsn at nhm.ac.uk
> Tel.: +44 (0) 207 942 5594
> Fax.: +44 (0) 207 942 5229
> 
> 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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