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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Hi all -- an article in today's *Guardian* that could be of interest: http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,2011534,00.html George -- George FERZOCO [log in to unmask] On 13 Feb 2007, at 07:27, Peter Binkley wrote: > A good place to start is Wikipedia's extensive article on Open > Access: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access . It covers the > topic well and is thoroughly documented. > > Peter > > Paul Chandler wrote: >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >> culture >> I have a sense that the historical profession, particularly in the >> English-speaking world, is not as concerned as are scientists >> about "gated" access to scholarly research publications and the >> corresponding growth of open access initiatives. >> Roy Rosenzweig's "Should Historical Scholarship Be Free?" in the >> AHA Perspectives two years ago was very striking to me < http:// >> www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2005/0504/0504vic1.cfm >, >> but as far as I know it has been little discussed, and I feel a >> bit ill-informed about all the issues. Perhaps someone more expert >> might tell us if we should be thinking more about such matters and >> what kind of responses are in our best interests in the long term >> (if this is not too unmedieval or irreligious). >> Other documents which seem of interest are the Budapest Initiative: >> http://www.soros.org/openaccess/index.shtml <http:// >> www.soros.org/openaccess/index.shtml> >> and the Berlin Declaration: >> http://oa.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html >> -- Paul Chandler >> On 08/02/07, DAVID PETTS < [log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion >> and culture >> As someone who recently directed people to a JSTOR article >> that >> I thought was freely available, this thread made me go back and >> check and I've realised that it is not accessible without an >> Athens >> password (for which I apologise). However, its worth noting that >> JSTOR to provide free access to a large number of useful journals >> without the need for an institutional affiliation. You can see >> the >> list here: http://www.jstor.org/about/individual.html >> Best wishes, >> David >> David Petts >> Dept. of Archaeology and History >> University of Chester >> Chester >> Cheshire >> UK >> -- >> Paul Chandler, O.Carm. | Institutum Carmelitanum >> via Sforza Pallavicini, 10 | 00193 - Roma | Italy >> tel: +39-06-68.10.08.70 | fax: +39-06-68.30.72.00 >> [log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> which is here, near St Peter's and Castel S. Angelo: < http:// >> tinyurl.com/ycddsl> (A marks the spot) ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html