French scholars say ‘oui’ to open access | News | Times Higher Education
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Gudmundur A. Thorisson
Mar 28, 2013, 9:43:52 AM3/28/13
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French scholars say ‘oui’ to open access - http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/french-scholars-say-oui-to-open-access/2002825.article
> Sixty senior figures from the humanities and social sciences in France have published a statement in national newspaper Le Monde in support of open access.
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> The signatories, who include university presidents, librarians and journal editors, warn that if the humanities and social sciences were to opt out of wider moves towards open access they “would become isolated and ultimately extinct”.
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> [..] To be afraid of Open Access is, in our eyes, to commit oneself to a narrow – and in fact erroneous – vision of the future. If the HSS were set aside in a specific “reservation” today, they would become isolated and would ultimately become extinct. On the contrary, we think that the HSS can be at the forefront of this opening movement, precisely because there is an increasing social demand for their research results.
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> It would be a disaster if the HSS were kept aside from this powerful and innovative movement which is bound to reshape our scientific landscape. Far from backing off, they must be among the leading disciplines in this movement, as they are in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries. The resistance to this evolution advocated by some of our colleagues seems to be a short-term strategy neglecting the potential benefits for science and education, as well as the democratisation of access to knowledge it will enable.
French scholars say ‘oui’ to open access - http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/french-scholars-say-oui-to-open-access/2002825.article
> Sixty senior figures from the humanities and social sciences in France have published a statement in national newspaper Le Monde in support of open access.
>
> The signatories, who include university presidents, librarians and journal editors, warn that if the humanities and social sciences were to opt out of wider moves towards open access they “would become isolated and ultimately extinct”.
Nánar af http://iloveopenaccess.org/arguments-for-open-access/
> [..] To be afraid of Open Access is, in our eyes, to commit oneself to a narrow – and in fact erroneous – vision of the future. If the HSS were set aside in a specific “reservation” today, they would become isolated and would ultimately become extinct. On the contrary, we think that the HSS can be at the forefront of this opening movement, precisely because there is an increasing social demand for their research results.
> [..]
> It would be a disaster if the HSS were kept aside from this powerful and innovative movement which is bound to reshape our scientific landscape. Far from backing off, they must be among the leading disciplines in this movement, as they are in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries. The resistance to this evolution advocated by some of our colleagues seems to be a short-term strategy neglecting the potential benefits for science and education, as well as the democratisation of access to knowledge it will enable.
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