tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post6649550923838888575..comments2024-03-28T11:48:17.788-07:00Comments on Publishing Archaeology: You should self-archive your publicationsMichael E. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942595266312225661noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2971081717687612908.post-42678483664894032242009-03-07T12:09:00.000-07:002009-03-07T12:09:00.000-07:00Thank you very much for your wonderful blog.If pos...Thank you very much for your wonderful blog.<BR/><BR/>If possible, I'd like for you to discuss one problem. In the recent magazine of the Society for European Archaeology, self-archiving and free internet access to scholarly journals was mentioned. The problem with this was that the authors claimed that in order to have universal free journal access over the internet, the author (or the author's institution) would have to pay a fee to the journal in order to have his/her article(s) published. The journals have to get the money from somewhere if people are no longer going to subscribe. I think this is a terrible option. Not only will the number of publications diminish due to the lack of availability of personal or institutional funds, but this also raises the possibility of having less qualified individuals who have the money to publish in very prestigious journals. The authors claimed that at some point in the near future, free internet access to scholarly journals will be inevitable. What is your opinion on this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com