In this post I am going to highlight a few conservation open access journals.
However, first I want to comment on one aspect of my recent survey, the results so far indicate that, 82% of respondents have ‘read’ open access conservation material, with 12% saying they ‘haven’t’ and 6% saying ‘other’ (I presume meaning they are unsure). It was good to see that 37% of respondents had ‘been published’ in open access format, but, worrying that 17% said they ‘did not want to be’ published in open access format.
I say worrying, because I believe, and hope that conservation journals en-masse make the necessary decision to convert their content, and ethos, to an open access format. I feel that if they fail to do so we will lose these valuable resources, because there really is no getting away from the fact that the future of publishing is open access, and the future of research will be based primarily on open access material – for the simple benefits that text mining and other techniques will allow....[PS: Here omitting two YouTube videos.]
On this blog I have previously discussed aspects to do with two excellent open access journals/magazines. I of course refer to E-Conservation and CeROArt: Conservation, exposition et Restauration d’Objets d’Art. However, these are not the only open access journals that carry conservation content....[PS: Here omitting a list of 11 more.]
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/10/2009 12:05:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
