[LIS-Forum] DSpace and DOAJ charging membership fees - Whither Open Access and Open Source - makes you wonder and ponder

Fri Oct 3 13:51:38 IST 2008

Dear Prof. Shalini,

 As we know very well that every software development needs monitory support
and from the provided link it seems that no where they are asking for paid
membership they are just asking for sponsors(optional for users) so that
they can keep on the services to the community and it is normal in every
open source project one  can see the examples from Mozilla or Apache
foundations . So their is nothing too much to ponder and wonder about the
future of Open source. :-)

Sunny Regards
Vinit Kumar
Junior Research Fellow
Documentation Research and Training Centre
Bangalore
MLISc   (BHU)
Varanasi, India  vinit at drtc.isibang.ac.in

Life is like a flowing river of opportunities, it's up to you to stand along
with a bucket or with a spoon! Good Morning!

2008/10/2 Shalini Urs <shalini at isim.ac.in>

> The following two news items - regarding DOAJ charging membership fee and
> Dspace sustainability model makes one wonder and ponder about the future of
> Open Source and Open Access.
> ----
> Hello !
> DSPACE is experimenting with sustainability, paid members and the like ...
> 5000 USD per institution seems quite steep however ...see:
>
> http://www.dspace.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=914&Itemid=2
> 76
> ---
> Apologies for cross-posting
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Since the launch in 2003 DOAJ (*Directory of Open Access Journals*,
> http://www.doaj.org <http://www.doaj.org/>) has steadily gained
> importance as the only comprehensive quality controlled resource for
> open access journals. We are now asking you to *help us maintain this
> service* by becoming a member. *Membership fees for 2008* (for new
> members) *paid after October 1st will also cover membership for 2009!*
> DOAJ Membership Categories and yearly (calender year) membership Fees
> Individuals -  Euro 100 US Dollar 160  SEK 940
> Libraries, Universities, Research Centers - Euro 400 US Dollar 630 SEK 3770
> Library Consortia, Library Associations - Euro 4.000 US Dollar 6280 SEK
> 37640
> Aggregators and other Service Providers -  Euro 5.000 US Dollar 7850 SEK
> 47050
> -----
>
> Thanks and Regards
> Shalini
>
> Dr. Shalini Urs
> Executive Director and Professor
> International School of Information Management
> University of Mysore
> Manasagangotri
> Mysore - 570006
> Phone : + 91 821 2514699
> Fax     : + 91 821 2519209
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NDLTD-BoD-L Discussion List [mailto:NDLTD-BOD-L at listserv.vt.edu] On
> Behalf Of Hussein Suleman
> Sent: 02 October 2008 15:33
> To: NDLTD-BOD-L at LISTSERV.VT.EDU
> Subject: [Fwd: [DIGLIB] DOAJ offer to new members]
>
> hi
>
> if you have not seen this, DOAJ is now charging as its sustainability
> model. i see lots of parallels between that and NDLTD, although their
> value proposition seems possibly weaker and they are charging much more!
>
> ttfn,
> ----hussein
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        [DIGLIB] DOAJ offer to new members
> Date:   Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:04:39 +0200
> From:   Ingela Wahlgren <Ingela.Wahlgren at lub.lu.se>
> To:     <diglib at infoserv.inist.fr>
>
>
>
> Apologies for cross-posting
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> Since the launch in 2003 DOAJ (*Directory of Open Access Journals*,
> http://www.doaj.org <http://www.doaj.org/>) has steadily gained
> importance as the only comprehensive quality controlled resource for
> open access journals. We are now asking you to *help us maintain this
> service* by becoming a member. *Membership fees for 2008* (for new
> members) *paid after October 1st will also cover membership for 2009!*
>
> Membership benefits include:
>
>     * Acknowledgement as a DOAJ member on the DOAJ Membership Pages,
>       including link to your institution's/company's homepage
>     * Access to the list of recently added titles
>     * Email subscription to a quarterly newsletter
>     * Access to the list of removed titles
>     * The right to use the DOAJ membership in marketing activities
>
> The membership program was launched in 2007 to ensure the continued
> operation and development of DOAJ. We are very grateful to all those
> that have already chosen to become members, but we need more support to
> be able to sustain a high quality service.
>
> *Please* follow this link to* sign up for membership today* and see the
> list of current members: http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=membership
>
> As of Sept 2008 DOAJ is listing over 3600 full text, quality controlled,
> open access journals from over 2000 publishers in 91 different
> countries. More than 1000 of the journals are searchable on article
> level. The service aims to cover all scientific subjects and all
> languages. Currently about 40 languages are represented in the Directory.
>
> Fore more information please contact Anna-Lena Johansson
> anna-lena.johansson at lub.lu.se <mailto:anna-lena.johansson at lub.lu.se>
>
> Thank you for your attention!
>
> Sincerely,
> The DOAJ team
> Lund University Libraries, Head Office
> http://www.doaj.org <http://www.doaj.org/>
>
> --
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> hussein suleman ~ hussein at cs.uct.ac.za ~ http://www.husseinsspace.com
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