Comments on: Publication FAIL: offer everything free online full text or go away. http://strangelibrarian.org/2009/05/publication-fail-offer-everything-free-online-full-text-or-go-away/ playing in the waves since 1982 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:36:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sales http://strangelibrarian.org/2009/05/publication-fail-offer-everything-free-online-full-text-or-go-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1984 Sales Wed, 06 May 2009 23:07:56 +0000 http://strangelibrarian.org/?p=312#comment-1984 Good news! The article on Twitter will be available through EBSCOHost in several years' time. Good news! The article on Twitter will be available through EBSCOHost in several years’ time.

]]> By: AndyW http://strangelibrarian.org/2009/05/publication-fail-offer-everything-free-online-full-text-or-go-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1983 AndyW Wed, 06 May 2009 13:52:30 +0000 http://strangelibrarian.org/?p=312#comment-1983 Embargoes: no longer fashionable for small Caribbean nations, still the norm for online content. I would hope that someday subscription will mean access to the content in all forms. Embargoes: no longer fashionable for small Caribbean nations, still the norm for online content. I would hope that someday subscription will mean access to the content in all forms.

]]> By: Julie http://strangelibrarian.org/2009/05/publication-fail-offer-everything-free-online-full-text-or-go-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1982 Julie Wed, 06 May 2009 13:51:39 +0000 http://strangelibrarian.org/?p=312#comment-1982 LOL. to clarify though, MPOW gets the paper version of this pub but does not make online access available if we even have it. but the point isn't authentication as that still a barrier. how is innovation supposed to move forward if people don't have free online access to the world's knowledge? Imagine we're we'd be today if we had that kind of power. LOL.

to clarify though, MPOW gets the paper version of this pub but does not make online access available if we even have it. but the point isn’t authentication as that still a barrier. how is innovation supposed to move forward if people don’t have free online access to the world’s knowledge? Imagine we’re we’d be today if we had that kind of power.

]]> By: Gregory Swenson http://strangelibrarian.org/2009/05/publication-fail-offer-everything-free-online-full-text-or-go-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Gregory Swenson Wed, 06 May 2009 13:41:16 +0000 http://strangelibrarian.org/?p=312#comment-1981 I completely agree with the points you raise in this post. Of course, journal subscriptions are one thing, but after verifying a user is a subscriber, the publication in its entirty should be available online. The fact that your POW has a technology (paper -> pdf) that is simply not enabled is plain stupid. Speaking of which, I somehow received their order of purple mimeograph fluid, I'll be sending it your way in the morning. And one final thing, It is nothing short of appalling when publishers... <i>full text of this comment is available with a paid subscription to this website or gregoryswenson.com </i> I completely agree with the points you raise in this post. Of course, journal subscriptions are one thing, but after verifying a user is a subscriber, the publication in its entirty should be available online.
The fact that your POW has a technology (paper -> pdf) that is simply not enabled is plain stupid. Speaking of which, I somehow received their order of purple mimeograph fluid, I’ll be sending it your way in the morning.
And one final thing, It is nothing short of appalling when publishers… full text of this comment is available with a paid subscription to this website or gregoryswenson.com

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