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Thanks for sharing this, Sarah! Wonderful article.
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Matthew Betts, Ph.D.
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From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sarah Whitcher Kansa
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:59 AM
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] article requests - another view
Hi all,
Here's a paper that just came out in the SAA Archaeological Record that discusses this topic in the context of archaeology:
It's not only our colleagues in developing countries who lack access. Something like 70% of scholars are in short-term adjunct positions, meaning they don't have long-term affiliations at institutions that would give them access to services such as JSTOR. This is a huge number of scholars who are forced into potentially breaking laws by sharing pdfs over email or other channels. We are taking part in a perverse system, where we produce research results (often funded by tax payer money), sign them over to publishers, and then are forced to buy them back or break laws to access them. Open Access offers a way out of this, but it is not going to be an easy transition. In this paper, we push for scholarly societies to at least recognize the dysfunctions of the current system and commit to working toward Open Access.
Best,
Sarah
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:40 AM, Selena Vitezović <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hello, everyone,
Like David, I also did not want to get involved into discussion, but I feel I must say few words.
First, I agree strongly with Ms Scheinsohn, I trust many of you just do not know how it looks like when you simply can not access any books/papers, they do not exist anywhere in your country, and you are cut off from the world so, even if you had money, you can not spend it on books because nobody accepts your payment nor wants to ship books to you. In cases like this, you need to "improvise".
But, to leave aside the problem of money, charging, no-charging (although I do think it is a scam, your research is payed by government money, but the fruits are owned by commercial publishers), I would like to remind you to few points: First, there are many journals completely free of charge available, above mentioned services like scindex (Serbia), hrcak (Croatia), but also persée (France); Second, in my country, but I believe elswhere as well, distributing and using papers in educational and/or scientific purposes (i.e., non-commercial) is not violating authors' rights, and Third, think of it as a library, public or private. You have a book in your library your colleague needs it, will you lend it to him/her, or will you say "go buy it yourself"?best regards, Selena
On 17 October 2013 11:29, Mikhail, Heather <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Looking at the UK copyright law online it seems to me that in the UK copying/sharing for research is allowed.
http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law Section 8
Of courses contacting the author for a paper is always good idea, and as mentioned, could lead to more discussion.
I work for a local council museum (ie funded by tax paid by the people of the city), where we don't have access to Jstor and other sources that require subscriptions, so I rely on the good will of colleagues and friends who do have access (or Open Access).
Heather
Heather Mikhail
Natural History Curatorial Trainee
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