Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 18:00:11 +0530 From: Chandrima Roy <croy@docdelserv.com> 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 <mailto:lis-forum%40ncsi.iisc.ernet.in?Subject=%5BLIS-Forum%5D%20Open%20 source%20Journals%3F&In-Reply-To=20060516092439.55372.qmail%40web30715.m ail.mud.yahoo.com> 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. [msg truncated]