Comment. As far as I know, all the IAS journals are OA. Hence, Springer must see some revenue possibilities in charging for print editions of OA journals. That's not surprising, but if Springer could confirm it, then it would help answer the most common objection from the publishing lobby against national OA archiving policies --that the policies will undermine subscriptions. Moreover, if Springer sees revenue in this deal, I suppose it will share it with the IAS. If so, then large or small, the additional revenue will be additional support for the IAS OA publishing program. How many other no-print OA journals could strike similar deals for revenue-generating print editions? We won't know until we see many more try.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/09/2006 11:17:00 AM.
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.
