tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post745146659950520654..comments2024-03-17T08:30:21.129+00:00Comments on Open and Shut?: On sponsorship, transparency, scholarly publishing, and open accessRichard Poynderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05433823131339077354noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-66342813397843246402017-08-09T08:47:23.618+00:002017-08-09T08:47:23.618+00:00And some further commentary here.And some further commentary <a href="http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/2017-July/004580.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Richard Poynderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433823131339077354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-62539469505036212732017-08-09T08:44:15.977+00:002017-08-09T08:44:15.977+00:00There has been some commentary on this essay here....There has been some commentary on this essay <a href="https://groups.google.com/d/msg/osi2016-25/uFx7u1X4bTg/SG6Ss6hOCQAJ" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />And a reference to it in this Scholarly Kitchen post <a href="https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/07/24/trouble-hand-mobile-devices-perpetuate-weak-business-models/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Richard Poynderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433823131339077354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961882.post-86690106068956521412017-07-20T15:48:37.276+00:002017-07-20T15:48:37.276+00:00Thank you for writing the piece on sponsorship, wh...Thank you for writing the piece on sponsorship, which is a topic that I think about regularly given that some of our Ithaka S+R projects benefit from various kinds of external support. There are times when a corporate sponsor may try to influence work that it supports, and there are also times when a not-for-profit or even a grant-maker might wish to do much the same. One of the key questions I always wonder is what kinds of protections are put into place to minimize these sorts of influence. Many newspapers and other journalism concerns have tried to create “firewalls” between their editorial and business operations, with admittedly mixed success. It is one thing to label sponsored content as such, but does that mean that it should be seen as little more than advertising? Or, has it actually been created under editorially independent conditions? When an organization in our space accepts sponsorship funding, what type of understandings are part of that support? This can take several forms: formally in the sponsorship agreement to protect the organization from influence; or informally through unwritten understandings that in some cases might allow that influence. I believe we are advised to be mindful of the formalities in particular, so that there is clarity up front before any payments are accepted. There are in turn a variety of ways that these circumstances can be disclosed to project participants, readers, etc.<br /><br />Roger <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380307171964654123noreply@blogger.com