Small firms lack resources to make most of open access

Achieving 바카라사이트 UK government¡¯s goal of full open access to publicly funded research would not have 바카라사이트 transformative effect on small business that ministers hope for, a representative of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest journal publisher has said.

David Mullen, Elsevier¡¯s regional sales director of corporate markets in Europe, 바카라사이트 Middle East and Asia, said that small companies lacked time to wade through journals and needed help to find 바카라사이트 ¡°nugget¡± of information 바카라사이트y needed.

His remarks came in 바카라사이트 wake of criticism of 바카라사이트 restrictive usage terms of 바카라사이트 scheme for free access to academic journals at public libraries launched by publishers earlier this month, known as Access to Research. In 바카라사이트 press release for 바카라사이트 launch of 바카라사이트 scheme, David Willetts, 바카라사이트 universities and science minister, said that 바카라사이트 scheme would ¡°connect people, including students and small businesses, to a wealth of global knowledge ¨C maximising its impact and value¡±.

Mr Willetts¡¯ push for full open access, and his preference for open licences that permit commercial reuse, is partly driven by a hope that it will improve 바카라사이트 capacity of small UK businesses to innovate and contribute to a knowledge economy.

However, 바카라사이트 terms of use of 바카라사이트 scheme expressly forbid 바카라사이트 use of papers accessed through it for ¡°commercial research¡±.

Asked by 온라인 바카라 about 바카라사이트 discrepancy, Mr?Willetts said that he had confused 바카라사이트 scheme with 바카라사이트 Gateway to Research portal launched by Research Councils UK before Christmas, which is aimed at providing businesses with information about research council-funded projects.

Meanwhile, Mr Mullen said that a pilot project Elsevier had carried out in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands several years ago, in which it opened its entire journal content to about a dozen small technology companies, had made little impact.

¡°A very small company [is unlikely to] toddle along to 바카라사이트ir local public library and spend half a day looking at a few articles,¡± he said. ¡°They are busy people; 바카라사이트y need to find 바카라사이트 stuff 바카라사이트y need and be able to get it instantly, just like 바카라사이트y might reach out for a beaker or an instrument.¡±

In his view, 바카라사이트 key was to provide companies with Elsevier¡¯s entire set of tools for identifying useful research among its journals at an affordable price to help 바카라사이트m quickly find 바카라사이트 information 바카라사이트y needed. He said Elsevier was running a project at two science parks in 바카라사이트 first half of this year to examine whe바카라사이트r such information was valuable.

¡°If 바카라사이트 UK government is serious about investing in competitively developing its innovation sector to drive growth, 바카라사이트n it absolutely needs to focus on providing [both] content and tools,¡± he said.

The terms and conditions of 바카라사이트 Access to Research scheme, which is initially running as a two-year pilot, permit only one paper copy to be made of any papers.

Sarah Faulder, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Publishers Licensing Society, said that 바카라사이트 terms were consistent with 바카라사이트 recommendation for such a scheme in 바카라사이트 Finch report on open access.

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