<DIV><BR>I also join in appreciating the leadership of Ellen Faran and MIT Press</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><BR></FONT></SPAN>Prof. Wajih A. Alvi<BR>Islamic University of Science & Technology<BR>Awantipora, Pulwama, Kashmir (J&K)<BR><BR><BR>From: Peter Suber <peter.suber@<FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Kudos and profound thanks to Ellen Faran and MIT Press for their leadership on this issue. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>gmail.com><BR>Sent: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:29:47 <BR>To: SOAF post <sparc-oaforum@arl.org>, GOAL post <goal@eprints.org>, BOAI Forum post <boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk><BR>Subject: [BOAI] MIT Press does not support Research Works Act<BR><FONT face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px">Ellen Faran, Director of the MIT Press, has given me permission to share the following statement:</SPAN><BR style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px">"The AAP's press release on the Research Works Act does not reflect the position of the MIT Press; nor, I imagine, the position of many other scholarly presses whose mission is centrally focused on broad dissemination. We will not, however, withdraw from the AAP on this issue as we value the Association’s work overall and the opportunity to participate as a member of the larger and diverse publishing community."</SPAN><BR style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><B style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px">Comment</B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 18px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 13px">: I believe MIT Press is the first AAP-member press to disavow the AAP position on the Research Works Act. Kudos and profound thanks to Ellen Faran and MIT Press for their leadership on this issue.</SPAN> </FONT>
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