Another useful description is from Chris Bourg (a member of the board) at: <a href="http://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/my-short-stint-on-the-jla-editorial-board/">http://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/my-short-stint-on-the-jla-editorial-board/</a><div>
<br></div><div>Sarah<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Rick Anderson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rick.anderson@utah.edu" target="_blank">rick.anderson@utah.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I hope all will take the opportunity to read Brian Mathews' thoughtful and<br>
nuanced take on this situation (Gary provided the link below, but here it<br>
is again for convenience: <a href="http://bit.ly/10gld7d" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/10gld7d</a>).<br>
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Nuance and thoughtfulness are, sadly, not always rewarded when the topic<br>
of OA arises. This unfortunate fact can be inferred from the updates at<br>
the bottom of Brian's original posting.<br>
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On 3/26/13 12:28 PM, "Omega Alpha | Open Access" <<a href="mailto:oa.openaccess@gmail.com">oa.openaccess@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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>Now we know first-hand: Editorial board of librarians resign over journal<br>
>publisherıs restrictive licensing<br>
><<a href="http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/now-we-know-first-hand-edito" target="_blank">http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/now-we-know-first-hand-edito</a><br>
>rial-board-of-librarians-resign-over-journal-publishers-restrictive-licens<br>
>ing/><br>
><br>
>The entire editorial board of the Journal of Library<br>
>Administration<<a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjla20/current" target="_blank">http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjla20/current</a>>, published<br>
>by the Taylor & Francis Group, has resigned in protest over the<br>
>publisherıs restrictive author licensing policies. Brian Mathews, who was<br>
>preparing a special issue of JLA on library futures as guest editor,<br>
>reported<<a href="http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/2013/03/2" target="_blank">http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/theubiquitouslibrarian/2013/03/2</a><br>
>3/so-im-editing-this-journal-issue-and/> the mass resignation (including<br>
>the text of the boardıs statement) this last weekend on his The<br>
>Ubiquitous Librarianblog. In the post, Mathews also linked to a post from<br>
>Chris<br>
>Bourg<<a href="http://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/my-short-stint-on-the-jla" target="_blank">http://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/my-short-stint-on-the-jla</a><br>
>-editorial-board/>, one of the former board members, and from Jason<br>
>Griffey<<a href="http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2013/03/23/the-journal-of-library-admin" target="_blank">http://jasongriffey.net/wp/2013/03/23/the-journal-of-library-admin</a><br>
>istration/>, who earlier declined to participate in Mathewıs project due<br>
>to pointed reservations regarding T&Fıs author policies. ...<br>
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>Gary F. Daught<br>
>Omega Alpha | Open Access<br>
>Advocate for open access academic publishing in religion and theology<br>
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