What is the difference between the BOAI and the Public Library of Science?
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) asks existing science journals to provide open access to their contents, in public archives, within six months of print publication. It asks scientists to withhold their labor as authors, referees, or editors, and to withhold their subscription fees, from journals that do not comply. The BOAI differs in the following respects. (1) BOAI applies to all academic fields, not just to the sciences. (2) BOAI is equally committed to open-access journals and to self-archiving as a means to achieve open access. (3) BOAI does not demand that existing journals change their access policies, though it hopes they will. Instead, it will raise money to defray the transition costs for those journals willing to make the change, and to create new journals committed to open access. (4) Signatories to the PLoS open letter are asking journals and publishers to make a certain change. Signatories to the BOAI are pledging to make changes within their own power. We are gratef
(1) BOAI applies to all academic fields, not just to the sciences. (2) BOAI is equally committed to open-access journals and to self-archiving as a means to achieve open access. (3) BOAI has no plans to become a publisher. The two initiatives are highly compatible and mutually supportive. PLoS founders have signed the BOAI and BOAI founders have signed the PLoS.
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