Green gold?

More precisely,

As for PubMed, PubMed entries do carry a link to the OA
version 
on PMC, and it is just as well hidden as the link to the 
publisher's version. Upon getting the list, the far right
column 
has a link called "Links', which shows both PMC and
the 
publishers' site(s).

What PubMed does not seem to have, and certainly should
have, is 
a link to GreenOA author copies that may be elsewhere on the
web; 
I am informed that there is yet a reliable and comprehensive

single search engine to find them all.

As for citations, they certainly should include links to any
OA 
versions that the author knows about. Authors may not know,
for 
they may have read the Publisher's version; it would be
highly 
desirable if the authors, especially if publishing OA
themself, 
were to check all of their references for OA, just a they
would 
check any OA urls for possible Publisher's versions.

First, as for PubMed, PubMed entries do carry a link to the
OA 
version on PMC, and it is just as well hidden as the link to
the 
publisher's version. Upon getting the list, the far right
column 
has a link called "Links', which shows both PMC and
the 
publishers' site(s).

What they do not seem to have, and certainly should have, is
a 
link to GreenOA author copies that may be elsewhere on the
web. I 
do not think there is yet a reliable and comprehensive
single 
search engine to find them all..

Second, as for citations, yes they certainly should include
links 
to any OA versions that the author knows about. The author
may 
well not know, for me may have read the Publisher's
version; it 
would be highly desirable if the author, especially if
publishing 
OA himself, were to check all of his references for OA, just
a we 
would check any OA urls for possible Publisher's versions.

Publishers should be willing to include such links in their 
versions.  I'd think a reader would first try the link to
the 
better-copyedited and more readable publisher's version. If
use 
studies and web log analysis were to show otherwise, they
might 
indicate what it is that needs to change.

Dr. David Goodman
Associate Professor
Palmer School of Library and Information Science
Long Island University
and formerly
Princeton University Library

dgoodmanliu.edu
dgoodmanprinceton.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Feinman <RFeinmandownstate.edu>
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 6:36 pm
Subject: Green gold?
To: liblicense-llists.yale.edu

> The barrier to self-archiving is not inertia.  It is
the 
> perception that once archived, nobody will know where
to find 
> the paper.  On the other hand, if it were standard
practice to 
> include the address of the self-archived paper in the
PubMed 
> citation or if the URL were part of the format for
references 
> in journal articles, this might be a good thing, no?
Some 
> journals do include this but I have never attended to
whether 
> and under what conditions journals do this.  It seems,
also, 
> that authors who had commitment to the overall problem
of 
> access might choose to publish in journals that had the
policy 
> of including this information in their reference
format.  That 
> way, people would have real access to the authors
self-archived 
> form and could decide if they needed a valude-added
version.
>
> Richard D. Feinman, Co-editor-in-chief
>
> Nutrition & Metabolism ( http://www.nutr
itionandmetabolism.com
> /home )
>
> Brian Simboli <brs4lehigh.edu>
> Sent by: owner-liblicense-llists.yale.edu
> 07/18/06 07:11 PM
>
> (cross-posted)
>
> A question that I posed to another listserv, but that
might be
> germane to soaf and liblicense.
>
> Is there is an OA movement, akin to the "green
rights movement"
> with respect to journals, to beseech publishers to
allow authors
> to post a copy of their monographs on the web?  If not,
why
> hasn't this been an emphasis?
>
> The difference here would be that green rights are
rights to
> self-archive some version of already
publisher-published ejournal
> articles, whereas this would be a case of authors
gaining rights
> to publish electronically monographs that are sometimes
available
> from the publisher only in paper and sometimes also
> electronically available.
>
> Brian Simboli
> Science Librarian
> Library & Technology Services
> E.W. Fairchild Martindale
> Lehigh University
> Bethlehem, PA 18015-3170
> E-mail: brs4lehigh.edu