Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 18:00:11 +0530
From: Chandrima Roy
Fine, it sounds great when we talk about free access of Journals. But
there are lots of technical issues involved in online conversion of
Journals, e.g. necessary format to decide - HTML, XML, SGML, etc., get
them converted accordingly, data checking and proof reading, maintaining
quality of images, pagination, necessary indexation of Journals, build a
complete searchable platform for users,.a complete project. This also
involves a cost, which someone has to bear. Hence, please justify the
statement and let us understand who should bear the cost?
Chandrima Roy
Sukhdev Singh
esukhdev at gmail.com
Tue May 16 16:14:14 IST 2006
You might be referring to "Open Access Journals" (Access instead of
Source).
There should not be any payment for accessing / downloading articles
of Open Access Journals. At the most they can require free
registration ["User Id" and "Password" ] just to collect some
statistics or provide some value added services.
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