Re: European Research Council Mandate Green OA Self-Archiving

[Sandy Thatcher <sgt3@psu.edu>]

One would think, then, that the language of the ERC statement 
could have been more precise: "peer-reviewed publications" is a 
general term that normally would be thought, in an academic 
context, to include all types of publications.

Sandy Thatcher

> No, neither the ERC Green OA Self-Archiving Mandate nor the NIH 
> Green OA Self-Archiving Mandate applies to books. (Nor do the 
> RCUK mandates, nor the university and departmental mandates, nor 
> any of the 35 mandates adopted and the 8 proposed worldwide so 
> far:http://www.eprints.org/signup/fulllist.php.) They all apply 
> only to peer- reviewed journal-articles.
>
> Book self-archiving cannot and should not be mandated, for the 
> contrary of much the same reasons peer-reviewed journal articles 
> can and should be.
>
> Stevan Harnad
>
> On 16-Jan-08, at 7:20 PM, Sandy Thatcher wrote:
>
> > Does this apply to all "publications," including books? If so,one
> > wonders how authors of these books will find any publishersfor
> > them. I certainly wouldn't invest our press's money inpublishing a
> > book that became available for free after sixmonths from another
> > source. And I would worry a great deal ifagencies like the NEH made
> > this a condition for all projects itfunds in the humanities, both
> > books and journals. A six-monthembargo might work for science; I
> > think it will destroypublishing in the humanities.
> >
> > Sandy Thatcher
> > Penn State University Press