Hi,
repositories with non OA files are as interesting as libraries with empty
shelves. I know there are a lot of good reasons for embargoes and other
access restrictions (on-campus only and so on) but this is no Open Access
any longer. Is it?
Joachim.
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Dimmock Nick a écrit :
>
> A couple of issues here, I think -
>
> I don't know if the blog post has been edited since you visited it, but I
> can't see a link there to the LRA page, or any indication that the article
> is Open Access (I haven't seen the original tweet, however). I agree that
> the PDF link visibility is an issue, and that any login requirements
> should be identified earlier in the repository.
>
> You certainly don't have to log in to view all PDFs on LRA, so I assume
> the login only appears where Leicester are hosting a non-OA file. There's
> no information about this on the LRA page, so I'd be confused to
> successfully access several open PDFs and then suddenly be hit with a
> login screen.
>
> So unless I'm missing something - and that's entirely possible, and
> apologies if so - I don't think this is an Open Access issue, but rather
> about how repositories identify or handle various access models - should
> they only be hosting OA files, and if not how best can they identify the
> various access models?
>
> If repos are to host a mix of OA and non-OA files, we need to take care
> not to cause disillusionment with OA or repositories through users not
> understanding the situation (by not having it clearly explained at the
> point of access)...
>
> Nick
>
> Nick Dimmock
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> From: Repositories discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Powell
> Sent: 11 March 2013 10:54
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> Subject: Disappointed of Bath
>
> I followed a tweet to a blog post about a paper that caught my eye this
> morning...
>
> Student attitudes to academic use of social networks
> http://lebioscience.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/student-attitudes-to-academic-use-of.html
>
> The blog post has a link to the 'open access version' of the paper -
> https://lra.le.ac.uk/handle/2381/27783
>
> Great I thought... just what I need, I thought.
>
> The link goes to one of those dreadful repository jump-off pages - all
> metadata and no action.
>
> All the obvious links on the page go to the publisher's website -
> http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439884.2013.777077 and thence
> to http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17439884.2013.777077.
>
> £23.50 a shot to read the paper - hey, I'm interested... but not that
> interested!
>
> So, back to the jump-off page. There must be an open access version
> somewhere - after all, I followed a link marked open access.
>
> Ah, there it is... small print, right at the bottom. (It's the only thing
> I'm really interested in, so why is it right at the bottom?).
>
> LRA.pdf - not exactly the most obvious link text?
>
> I followed the link to https://lra.le.ac.uk/bitstream/2381/27783/2/LRA.pdf
>
> Oh, another blockage... "Choose a Login Method".
>
> I followed the link marked "New, non-University of Leicester user? Click
> here to register."
>
> OK... I go thru a very confusing registration process...
>
> At the end of which...
>
> Still no access - "You do not have permission to perform the action you
> just attempted."
>
> Back to the jump-off page.
>
> Ah, deep in the metadata is the text "Embargo on File Until: 2014-03-08"
>
> Does that mean I can't get access for a whole year? :-(
>
> I gave up.
>
> I appreciate that this is a sample of one - but it is my only recent
> sample so I have to draw my own conclusions from it. If this is the brave
> new world of open access, I think we've failed.
>
> Yours,
>
> Disappointed of Bath
>
> Andy Powell
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