[GOAL] Fw: [oadl] Public awareness of the OA movement

[Subbiah Arunachalam]

Friends:

Please see the Economist debate on academic journals [
http://www.economist.com/economist-asks/do-fee-charging-academic-journals-offer-value-added-0?sort=2#sort-comments
.
It has not attracted many comments from readers - a clear indication that
the general public (at least the segment that reads high quality news
channels like The Economist) is least interested in, if not indifferent to,
what we consider is of paramount importance. All our advocacy has not
reached them. I think, instead of spending our time talking about refining
and redefining the most appropriate way to bring about universal open
access amongst ourselves (and that too with some amount of rancour) we
should devote our attention now to take the message to the citizenry at
large. We should promote Students for OA, Alliance of Taxpayers for OA and
similar initiatives in a large scale. In the end, public awareness and
taxpayer acceptance are the keys to the success of the OA movement.

Regards.

Arun
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