> (1) Because OA IRs are OAI-PMH-interoperable and harvestable. (Google
> Scholar is already useful, but GOAIgle Scholar will be incomparably
> the moreso.)
OAIster is one example. Can anyone tell me how many academics are using it in preference to Google? With no offence meant to an excellent service, I fear I already know the answer: not many at all. I remain to be convinced.
> (2) Because it is harder for an institution to manage, monitor,
> archive and harvest wildcat websites than IRs.
Absolutely. Such websites are a copyright nightmare.
> (3) Because it is harder for an institution to mandate deposit and
> monitor compliance for wildcat websites than IRs.
This is also very true. I do think that one can do tactically better than imposing mandates, that is to say by convincing academics in representative forums on an institutional or departmental level (preferably both) that they are a good idea and getting them to be involved in putting their own mandates in place. It really isn't very helpful to our aim to get them feeling that it has been imposed upon them by management. I don't oppose mandates per se.
I do agree with Stevan's point that the process needs to be as easy and seamless as possible in order to encourage academics, though that is very far from being the full reason for their reluctance, as Pete pointed out earlier.
Talat
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