Diamondback Online, the University of Maryland’s student newspaper, has an editorial on their faculty’s decision to vote against open access. Peter Suber at Open Access News reports on the editorial and adds commentary (thanks to Suber for the link). From the editorial:
Faculty members are correct in noting that publishing in some journals is more prestigious, but professors retain the rights to their research even after they post articles online, so they can still submit their articles to be published in many of those more selective journals. And if they’re looking to have their work published in a journal that refuses submissions that have already been posted online, the Senate bill encouraged them to do so. The bill was a list of open-ended suggestions, primarily calling for educating faculty on the opportunities and benefits of publishing through free online journals, and it would only encourage faculty to publish their findings online “when practical and not detrimental to their careers.”
