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@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

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 ISiM-Management School for IT, Technology School for IM www.isim.ac.in

-----Original Message----- From: NDLTD-BoD-L Discussion List [mailto:NDLTD-BOD-L@listserv.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Hussein Suleman Sent: 02 October 2008 15:33 To: NDLTD-BOD-L@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 To:

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@lub.lu.se mailto:anna-lena.johansson@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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