[GOAL] Re: Scholarly Publishing: Where is Plan B?

[Peter Murray-Rust]

My apologies to these institutions and thanks for their efforts. It wasn't
what I intended to say.

On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Peter Suber <peter.suber at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:51 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 4:46 AM, Stevan Harnad <amsciforum at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Richard Poynder <
>>> ricky at richardpoynder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> To the intense joy of OA advocates, Elsevier announced Monday that it
>>>> has
>>>> withdrawn its support for the controversial US Research Works Act.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> I take no joy in the total silence of organised academia - not a squeak
>> of comment and support from any major university or library leader.
>>
>
> Sorry, I can't let this pass. Far from "total silence", an admirable
> number of universities, libraries, and organizations representing academia
> publicly opposed the Research Works Act. See my list, which includes links
> to their public statements.
> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Notes_on_the_Research_Works_Act
>
> Here's a breakdown of the academic institutions by category:
>
> *Among universities:  *Arizona State University, University of Arkansas, Auburn
> University, Brown University, University of California System, University
> of Central Florida, University of Cincinnati, Clemson University, University
> of Colorado - Boulder, Columbia University, University of Connecticut, Cornell
> University, Dakota State University, Florida State University, Georgia
> State University, Harvard University, University of Illinois at
> Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University, University of Iowa, Johns Hopkins
> University, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky, University of
> Louisville, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts -
> Amherst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan,
> Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, University
> of Minnesota, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of North
> Carolina - Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, North
> Carolina State University, Northern Illinois University, Ohio State
> University, University of Oregon, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
> State University, University of Pittsburgh, Portland State University,
> Purdue University, Rutgers University, South Dakota School of Mines and
> Technology, South Dakota State University, Southern Illinois University -
> Carbondale, Stanford University, State University of New York - Albany,
> State University of New York - Buffalo, State University of New York -
> Stony Brook, University of South Dakota, University of Utah, Vanderbilt
> University, University of Virginia, University of Washington, Washington
> University - St. Louis, Wayne State University, the University of
> Wisconsin - Madison.
>
> *Among libraries and library associations:  *American Association of Law
> Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Academic Health
> Sciences Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries,
> Association of Research Libraries, Greater Western Library
> Alliance, Progressive Librarians Guild, Scholarly Publishing & Academic
> Resources Coalition (SPARC), Society of American Archivists, State
> University of New York Council of Library Directors, and the William A.
> Wise Law Library at the University of Colorado Law School.
>
> *Among other organizations representing academia:  *American Association
> of State Colleges and Universities, American Association of University
> Professors, American Medical Student Association, Association of American
> Universities, Association of Independent Research Institutes, Association
> of Public and Land-grant Universities, and Universities Allied for
> Essential Medicines.
>
>      Peter
>
> Peter Suber
> gplus.to/petersuber
>
>
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Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
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