Apocalypse Now? The consequences of system collapse
Each year the PA, ALPSP and STM come together to sponsor a debate among UK journal publishers on events over the last year and to appraise our prospects for the future. The event is open to publishers only....
With UKPMC about to come on stream, the FRPAA heading for law in the US, and the OA debate opening up in Europe and in the Commission, what might be the impact on the journal system of self-archiving mandates with only six month embargoes attached? What happens if the hitherto progressive rate of change accelerates towards collapse of the established system of peer review and research dissemination?
What messages can we use to advocate evolutionary, organic change and to avert the potential for collapse? Can scholarly communication operate without journals? Are these forces for change really working for the public good?
Come along and be challenged to think through our future. Have your say in a lively ‘question time’ style of debate. Help to refine our message and identify where we should be doing more and where we could better serve our authors and readers.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 12/18/2006 05:20:00 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.
