Comments on: Wacky Publisher Hijinks

By: lgf

lgf — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:41:43 +0000

All the traditional publishers are scared out of their minds by Open Access. ACS is so scared of Google Scholar that they sued over the use of the word “Scholar” as they think it’s too close to their copyrighted index to the entire chemical literature, “Scifinder Scholar.” Having used both products, I think they’re right to fear that Gresham’s Law is at work. For 95% of what people need, the “free” Google product is Good Enough. The last 5% uses all that ACS can supply, but at an unbelievably high price. When will Scifinder Scholar go Open Access, supported by advertisement? That’s when ACS could start raking it in. But they’d never think that way.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:27:37 +0000

Scumpuppies is such a lovely word.

By: Dorothea

Dorothea — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:39:25 +0000

I keep saying those guys are scumpuppies. Maybe now people start listening.

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:09:25 +0000

I thought that was a real Nick Naylor moment there.

By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:48:02 +0000

“Public access equals government censorship.” Are they mental? Crikey. My library is very appreciative of all the free content we can get.