~with apologies for cross-posting~ Dear all, I thought you would be interested to read the latest issue of the Routledge journal Prometheus, which is currently freely available to read online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=issue&issn=0810-9028&volume=28&issue=1 In this issue, Houghton and Oppenheim put forward a proposition for a widespread shift to Green Open Access publication of research, based on the Houghton Report, and the Editor, Professor Stuart Macdonald, gives key figures the chance to respond. Read the articles that form this lively and interesting debate! Proposition: The economic implications of alternative publishing models John W. Houghton; Charles Oppenheim http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0810-9028&volume=28&issue=1&spage=41 Responses: The immediate practical implication of the Houghton Report: provide Green open access now Stevan Harnad http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0810-9028&volume=28&issue=1&spage=55 Minerva’s owl. A response to John Houghton and Charles Oppenheim’s ‘The economic implications of alternative publishing models’ Martin Hall http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0810-9028&volume=28&issue=1&spage=61 A commentary on ‘The economic implications of alternative publishing models’ Steven Hall http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0810-9028&volume=28&issue=1&spage=73 The economic implications of alternative publishing models: views from a non-economist Mary Anne Kennan http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0810-9028&volume=28&issue=1&spage=85 Openness in academic publication: the question of trust, authority and reliability Christopher May http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0810-9028&volume=28&issue=1&spage=91 Prometheus is an international, multidisciplinary journal publishing papers on innovation, defined as the production, introduction and diffusion of change. Routledge is delighted to welcome Stuart Macdonald Professor of Information and Organisation, University of Sheffield, UK as its new editor for 2010. With best wishes, Jennifer McMillan Library Marketing Manager Taylor & Francis Group Journals Tel: +44 (0) 20 7017 6431 Email: [log in to unmask] Taylor & Francis Group is a trading name of Informa UK Ltd, registered in England under no. 1072954 lis-e-resources is a UKSG list - http://www.uksg.org/serials UKSG groups also available on Facebook and LinkedIn