Comments on: The Michigan of the East goes Open Access http://paulcourant.net/2008/02/16/the-michigan-of-the-east-goes-open-access/ Paul Courant's blog about libraries, economics, public policy, and other stuff Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cate http://paulcourant.net/2008/02/16/the-michigan-of-the-east-goes-open-access/#comment-228 Cate Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:51:42 +0000 http://paulcourant.net/2008/02/16/the-michigan-of-the-east-goes-open-access/#comment-228 This is a very refreshing perspective. As a Library Science student, I spend an awful lot of time reading apocalyptic predictions of a post-commercial academic publishing world. While I see that there are risks involved in open access, I think you've laid out the benefits. I know change is always a scary prospect for libraries and librarians, and it's wonderful to hear a reasoned, positive perspective. thanks. This is a very refreshing perspective. As a Library Science student, I spend an awful lot of time reading apocalyptic predictions of a post-commercial academic publishing world. While I see that there are risks involved in open access, I think you’ve laid out the benefits. I know change is always a scary prospect for libraries and librarians, and it’s wonderful to hear a reasoned, positive perspective. thanks.

]]> By: Thomas http://paulcourant.net/2008/02/16/the-michigan-of-the-east-goes-open-access/#comment-209 Thomas Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:33:24 +0000 http://paulcourant.net/2008/02/16/the-michigan-of-the-east-goes-open-access/#comment-209 I agree with you wholeheartedly. As a current Harvard student, this also shows a large leap for Harvard, which is only now beginning to crawl out of its feudalistic hole. As noted in Darnton's op-ed in the Crimson, it was only recently that Harvard managed to consider its library as a unified entity and not a confederation of segments. What Darnton calls the "spirit of the 'one-university'" is slowly, after long last, accelerating. Harvard, a stubborn, often oblivious institution, is finally making turns to normalcy, and students such as I, a Michigan alumnus who cannot understand the concept of a feudalistic university, will be more comfortable and more productive at Harvard in the future. On that note, while this news is a good step in the right direction, Harvard is a long way from meeting the ideals that come from its title Michigan of the East. With hope, someday it will achieve such relevancy. I agree with you wholeheartedly. As a current Harvard student, this also shows a large leap for Harvard, which is only now beginning to crawl out of its feudalistic hole. As noted in Darnton’s op-ed in the Crimson, it was only recently that Harvard managed to consider its library as a unified entity and not a confederation of segments. What Darnton calls the “spirit of the ‘one-university’” is slowly, after long last, accelerating. Harvard, a stubborn, often oblivious institution, is finally making turns to normalcy, and students such as I, a Michigan alumnus who cannot understand the concept of a feudalistic university, will be more comfortable and more productive at Harvard in the future. On that note, while this news is a good step in the right direction, Harvard is a long way from meeting the ideals that come from its title Michigan of the East. With hope, someday it will achieve such relevancy.

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]]> By: Stephen http://paulcourant.net/2008/02/16/the-michigan-of-the-east-goes-open-access/#comment-202 Stephen Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:31:53 +0000 http://paulcourant.net/2008/02/16/the-michigan-of-the-east-goes-open-access/#comment-202 Nice post. One of the questions I have about the ramifications surrounding Harvard's Open somAccess policy is how will professors/researchers qualify what they publish? My guess is the academic societies (be it the old guard or up & comers) would step in to arbitrate whether someone's research is "new" or "scholarly" (or accurate) but until more of that infrastructure is in place Harvard's vote, it seems to me, is more symbolic than anything. When is a work deemed scholarly? Nice post.

One of the questions I have about the ramifications surrounding Harvard’s Open somAccess policy is how will professors/researchers qualify what they publish?

My guess is the academic societies (be it the old guard or up & comers) would step in to arbitrate whether someone’s research is “new” or “scholarly” (or accurate) but until more of that infrastructure is in place Harvard’s vote, it seems to me, is more symbolic than anything.

When is a work deemed scholarly?

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