Comments on: Harvard new policy: make your scholarly articles available free online http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gerbert http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/comment-page-1/#comment-44805 Gerbert Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:00:31 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/#comment-44805 This initiative follows the same concept as open source for programming. The best information can be obtained by all when information is free for everyone to collaborate. Wikipaedia is a fine example of this concept in action. This initiative follows the same concept as open source for programming. The best information can be obtained by all when information is free for everyone to collaborate. Wikipaedia is a fine example of this concept in action.

]]> By: firmanullah hasan http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/comment-page-1/#comment-36440 firmanullah hasan Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:37:20 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/#comment-36440 I'm Interesting with this site because I work for software house in indonesia. we develope some modul for academic and high school. according to our plan, elearning and long distance class would be our concern. Would you give me some suggestion how elearning long distance class more productive for teacher, student, board of school and academy management also lecturer. regards.. I’m Interesting with this site because I work for software house in indonesia. we develope some modul for academic and high school. according to our plan, elearning and long distance class would be our concern. Would you give me some suggestion how elearning long distance class more productive for teacher, student, board of school and academy management also lecturer. regards..

]]> By: Shoppy http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/comment-page-1/#comment-35864 Shoppy Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:43:31 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/#comment-35864 This initiative follows the same concept as open source for programming. The best information can be obtained by all when information is free for everyone to collaborate. Wikipaedia is a fine example of this concept in action. This initiative follows the same concept as open source for programming. The best information can be obtained by all when information is free for everyone to collaborate. Wikipaedia is a fine example of this concept in action.

]]> By: Blog personal de Enrique Rubio » Blog Archive » Iniciativas ‘Open Access’ y Productividad académica… http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/comment-page-1/#comment-19469 Blog personal de Enrique Rubio » Blog Archive » Iniciativas ‘Open Access’ y Productividad académica… Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:06:46 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/#comment-19469 [...] raiz de la noticia de que  Harvard new policy: make your scholarly articles available free online, y en relación a la anacrónica situación actual que se produce entre las posibilidades de [...] [...] raiz de la noticia de que  Harvard new policy: make your scholarly articles available free online, y en relación a la anacrónica situación actual que se produce entre las posibilidades de [...]

]]> By: dario http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/comment-page-1/#comment-19411 dario Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:49:29 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/#comment-19411 Lynn, the OA model is neither advocating against academic journals as the privileged vehicle of scholarly communication nor in favour of self-editing. Take a look at Peter Suber's <a href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm" rel="nofollow">introduction to OA</a> for a good overview of what Open Access is about. A detailed analysis of the Harvard initiative and a comparison with former initiatives by other institutions (such as the NIH) has just been <a href="http://threader.ecs.soton.ac.uk/lists/boaiforum/1260.html" rel="nofollow">posted</a> by Stevan Harnad. Lynn, the OA model is neither advocating against academic journals as the privileged vehicle of scholarly communication nor in favour of self-editing. Take a look at Peter Suber’s introduction to OA for a good overview of what Open Access is about. A detailed analysis of the Harvard initiative and a comparison with former initiatives by other institutions (such as the NIH) has just been posted by Stevan Harnad.

]]> By: Lynn Allan Kauppi http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/comment-page-1/#comment-19361 Lynn Allan Kauppi Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:17:44 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/#comment-19361 This is wonderful except for one caveat. As a freelance editor/copyeditor/proofreader, I'm deeply concerned that the quality of scholarly articles will suffer. Who will impose the finer points of house style that authors don't know or understand? Who will query poor grammar and word usage before the article is accessible to the wider scholarly community? Perhaps the best model is for universities to not only host the sites where the article are published, but to also employ a full-time editorial staff to oversee basic editing and production. Lynn Allan Kauppi, PhD Codex Editorial Services Antioch, Tennessee USA This is wonderful except for one caveat. As a freelance editor/copyeditor/proofreader, I’m deeply concerned that the quality of scholarly articles will suffer. Who will impose the finer points of house style that authors don’t know or understand? Who will query poor grammar and word usage before the article is accessible to the wider scholarly community?
Perhaps the best model is for universities to not only host the sites where the article are published, but to also employ a full-time editorial staff to oversee basic editing and production.

Lynn Allan Kauppi, PhD
Codex Editorial Services
Antioch, Tennessee
USA

]]> By: dario http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/comment-page-1/#comment-19329 dario Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:47:13 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/#comment-19329 The news was covered yesterday in the <a href="http://www.soros.org/openaccess/forum" rel="nofollow">BOAI forum</a>. Harvard is certainly not an <a href="http://roarmap.eprints.org/" rel="nofollow">early adopter</a>, but it's good to see more big universities or research institutions join the campaign. The news was covered yesterday in the BOAI forum. Harvard is certainly not an early adopter, but it’s good to see more big universities or research institutions join the campaign.

]]> By: Jan Erik Moström / “Your papers should be available for free” http://www.academicproductivity.com/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/comment-page-1/#comment-19319 Jan Erik Moström / “Your papers should be available for free” Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:51:14 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2008/harvard-new-policy-make-your-scholarly-articles-available-free-online/#comment-19319 [...] Harward now requires their researcher to put their work online and allow free access. I think this could be really interesting if more universities make the same decision, it would [...] [...] Harward now requires their researcher to put their work online and allow free access. I think this could be really interesting if more universities make the same decision, it would [...]

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