re: universities experiment with paying OA fees

[Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>]

Congratulations to those universities forging ahead with the 
experiment of paying OA fees!

In discussions on this topic, let's not forget that the majority 
of open access journals do NOT charge article processing fees, 
and that green OA or self-archiving does not require the payment 
of article processing fees.  The economics of open access do not 
need to rely exclusively on any one model or approach.

A recent study by Bill Hooker found that 67% of journals listed 
in the Directory of Open Access journals do NOT charge article 
processing fees.  For a link plus links to further evidence, 
please see Peter Suber's blogpost at: 
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2007/12/new-data-showing-that-most- 
oa-journals.html

To assist researchers with finding open access and hybrid journals
that charge no publication fee, see the DOAJ Authors' search, at:
http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=forAuthors

Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is that of the author alone, 
and does not represent the opinion or policy of BC Electronic 
Library Network or Simon Fraser University Library.

Heather Morrison, MLIS
The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com