Comments on: AAA ‘goes OA’: The emphasis should be on ‘first step’ http://savageminds.org/2008/10/06/aaa-goes-oa-the-emphasis-should-be-on-first-step/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:13:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Faisal http://savageminds.org/2008/10/06/aaa-goes-oa-the-emphasis-should-be-on-first-step/comment-page-1/#comment-513889 Faisal Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:44:10 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1349#comment-513889 Well, the 2009 institutional pricing from Wiley is out: US: $1,516 which is nearly a 20% increase over the 2008 price of $1,268. In Wiley-Blackwell's pricing sheet for 2009 there's no mention of tiered pricing for Anthrosource. Does anyone know if they plan to continue tiered pricing to allow smaller colleges to get access at a discount? American Anthropologist is now $458 for libraries and American Ethnologist is $359. Print + electronic in both cases. Well, the 2009 institutional pricing from Wiley is out:

US: $1,516 which is nearly a 20% increase over the 2008 price of $1,268.

In Wiley-Blackwell’s pricing sheet for 2009 there’s no mention of tiered pricing for Anthrosource. Does anyone know if they plan to continue tiered pricing to allow smaller colleges to get access at a discount?

American Anthropologist is now $458 for libraries and American Ethnologist is $359. Print + electronic in both cases.

]]> By: Rex http://savageminds.org/2008/10/06/aaa-goes-oa-the-emphasis-should-be-on-first-step/comment-page-1/#comment-505942 Rex Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:37:29 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1349#comment-505942 The other key thing will be the authors agreement, and the license by which the old material is released OA -- if we can post preprints and repost old material then we are getting close to where we want to be. The other key thing will be the authors agreement, and the license by which the old material is released OA — if we can post preprints and repost old material then we are getting close to where we want to be.

]]> By: Faisal http://savageminds.org/2008/10/06/aaa-goes-oa-the-emphasis-should-be-on-first-step/comment-page-1/#comment-504405 Faisal Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:53:45 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1349#comment-504405 I guess I'll reserve judgement on the worthiness of the AAA open access until I see their institutional pricing for 2009. If they keep increases low, great. Kudos to the AAA and Wiley-Blackwell. If there is a huge increase, then I can't help but think this OA business is a smokescreen. I guess I’ll reserve judgement on the worthiness of the AAA open access until I see their institutional pricing for 2009. If they keep increases low, great. Kudos to the AAA and Wiley-Blackwell. If there is a huge increase, then I can’t help but think this OA business is a smokescreen.

]]> By: Jason Baird Jackson http://savageminds.org/2008/10/06/aaa-goes-oa-the-emphasis-should-be-on-first-step/comment-page-1/#comment-504143 Jason Baird Jackson Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:30:04 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1349#comment-504143 Sue, this is a smart question and how the AAA and W-B are addressing it will have implications well beyond the good (limited or not depending on one's POV) that the new arrangement can do. AnthroSource as we have known it relies upon the early content in JSTOR. It may be that arrangements can be made to open up AAA content in (via) JSTOR, but this would be most unusual. JSTOR is a not-for-profit effort, but it is not predicated on free. I have never heard of contingencies in the various JSTOR business options that would allow for unlimited ungated access. I do not know (but am very interested in) the specific AAA game plan and am just guessing, but this arrangement may suggest that W-B will be creating (as part of its news content platform and the building of a new AS) a new set of digital files and metadata for the full run of AAA publications, not relying on JSTOR for the older flagship content in (the new) AS or Synergy. This would have all sorts of implications, from deepening our entanglement with proprietary W-B systems to changing the nature of relationship with JSTOR. We will all learn a lot more about that nature of our scholarly communication ecology as we see this plan get implemented. Sue, this is a smart question and how the AAA and W-B are addressing it will have implications well beyond the good (limited or not depending on one’s POV) that the new arrangement can do. AnthroSource as we have known it relies upon the early content in JSTOR. It may be that arrangements can be made to open up AAA content in (via) JSTOR, but this would be most unusual. JSTOR is a not-for-profit effort, but it is not predicated on free. I have never heard of contingencies in the various JSTOR business options that would allow for unlimited ungated access. I do not know (but am very interested in) the specific AAA game plan and am just guessing, but this arrangement may suggest that W-B will be creating (as part of its news content platform and the building of a new AS) a new set of digital files and metadata for the full run of AAA publications, not relying on JSTOR for the older flagship content in (the new) AS or Synergy. This would have all sorts of implications, from deepening our entanglement with proprietary W-B systems to changing the nature of relationship with JSTOR.

We will all learn a lot more about that nature of our scholarly communication ecology as we see this plan get implemented.

]]> By: Sue http://savageminds.org/2008/10/06/aaa-goes-oa-the-emphasis-should-be-on-first-step/comment-page-1/#comment-504088 Sue Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:31:36 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1349#comment-504088 I'm a big fan of OA but JSTOR includes Am Anth from the beginning through 2000. Are they ok with this move? I’m a big fan of OA but JSTOR includes Am Anth from the beginning through 2000. Are they ok with this move?

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