Comments on: Free JSTOR http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/free_jstor.html what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me? Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:44:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Desi Italiana http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/free_jstor.html#comment-92582 Desi Italiana Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:03:37 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/free_jstor.html#comment-92582 Oh boy, I can't believe I missed this post! "One of my biggest complaint about our academic world is about the inaccessibility of research to anyone without institutional affiliation or a hefty bank account. The impact of which is that, academic work in the humanities remains largely confined to a handful of readers and commentators." Hear, hear! I completely agree with you. "I have done my share of copying articles for friends in Delhi or Karachi" Don't forget CM readers in S.F. whom you have done this for :) Oh boy, I can’t believe I missed this post!

“One of my biggest complaint about our academic world is about the inaccessibility of research to anyone without institutional affiliation or a hefty bank account. The impact of which is that, academic work in the humanities remains largely confined to a handful of readers and commentators.”

Hear, hear! I completely agree with you.

“I have done my share of copying articles for friends in Delhi or Karachi”

Don’t forget CM readers in S.F. whom you have done this for :)

]]> By: liberen Jstor - Tapera http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/free_jstor.html#comment-81258 liberen Jstor - Tapera Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:59:28 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/free_jstor.html#comment-81258 [...] personalmente al reclamo de Sepoy en Chapaty Mistery. Al parecer, luego de la decisión de la Universidad de Harvard de adherir a algunos principios del [...] [...] personalmente al reclamo de Sepoy en Chapaty Mistery. Al parecer, luego de la decisión de la Universidad de Harvard de adherir a algunos principios del [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/free_jstor.html#comment-81217 Jonathan Dresner Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:31:41 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/univercity/free_jstor.html#comment-81217 Well, JSTOR began as a grant-based project: let's find more money to make it open access. Gates Foundation, or Scaife Foundation, or Gilder-Lehrman, or something. At the very least, we ought to be able to come up with someone willing to cover the costs for low-income institutions: Harvard's pretty flush right now, and in an open-access mood. e-publishing is dirt cheap compared to print publishing: ASPAC maintains its e-journal for under $500 a year. I've heard rumors about peer reviewers getting paid, but never actually seen evidence of it (except for textbook review; that's a commercial transaction): most of us consider it a professional obligation rather than a revenue stream. Well, JSTOR began as a grant-based project: let’s find more money to make it open access. Gates Foundation, or Scaife Foundation, or Gilder-Lehrman, or something. At the very least, we ought to be able to come up with someone willing to cover the costs for low-income institutions: Harvard’s pretty flush right now, and in an open-access mood.

e-publishing is dirt cheap compared to print publishing: ASPAC maintains its e-journal for under $500 a year. I’ve heard rumors about peer reviewers getting paid, but never actually seen evidence of it (except for textbook review; that’s a commercial transaction): most of us consider it a professional obligation rather than a revenue stream.

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