Author disincentives and open access |
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Authors: | Rick Anderson |
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Institution: | Anderson is Director of Resource Acquisition, University of Nevada, Reno Libraries, Reno, NV 89557, USA |
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Abstract: | All parties in the scholarly-information marketplace agree that any Open Access (OA) system will have to account for the costs of disseminating scholarly information and of editing, publishing and distributing it. There has been less discussion of the fact that for an OA forum to succeed, it will have to be accepted and supported by authors. Author charges, a relative lack of prestige, and the required abdication of copyright are three characteristics of many currently emerging OA models that may pose significant barriers to author acceptance. These will have to be addressed if OA providers wish to be competitive with non-OA providers. |
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