Can we “fix” open access? (re the recent 'sting' article in Science)

Following all the hype around  the recent 'sting' article in Science (which has indeed "set off lots of smug satisfaction amongst those who fear open access...") I was happy to read these comments by Kevin Smith from Duke University  (some RUL staff met Kevin at the Berlin10 conference in Stellenbosch last year)

 

 As Duke University’s first Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin Smith’s principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administrators and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing

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As Duke University’s first Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin Smith’s principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administrators and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing. - See more at: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/author/ksmithl2duke-edu/#sthash.k2gT4FzL.dpuf

As Duke University’s first Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin Smith’s principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administrators and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing. - See more at: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/author/ksmithl2duke-edu/#sthash.k2gT4FzL.dpuf

Another useful link - from The Guardian Higher Education network

Open access publishing hoax: what Science magazine got wrong

The sting operation on publishers doesn't point to the real crisis, says Curt Rice – the meltdown of the peer review system

 

 

As Duke University’s first Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin Smith’s principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administrators and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing. - See more at: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/about/#sthash.k4FiY4bs.dpuf

As Duke University’s first Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin Smith’s principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administrators and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing. - See more at: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/author/ksmithl2duke-edu/#sthash.k2gT4FzL.dpuf

As Duke University’s first Scholarly Communications Officer, Kevin Smith’s principal role is to teach and advise faculty, administrators and students about copyright, intellectual property licensing and scholarly publishing. - See more at: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/author/ksmithl2duke-edu/#sthash.k2gT4FzL.dpuf