From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 00:13:13 -0600

Not to be ungrateful, but it needs to be pointed out that the BOAI and
other early declarations like it did not seek to apply the concept to
books but only scholarly journal articles.  There were some
initiatives preceding the BOAI that set forth plans for OA monograph
publishing (without using "open access" as the name for it) such as
that undertaken by the National Academies Press and by a project
within the Committee on institutional Cooperation (Big Ten plus
Chicago) in the early 1990s.

Sandy Thatcher


> From: Velterop <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 23:10:15 +0100
>
> Dear Liblicense list members,
>
> This message should be of interest to many of you, I presume.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jan Vehterop
>
> ***********
>
> On February 14th 2002, a group of diverse stakeholders came together
> to accelerate progress in the international effort to make research
> articles in all academic fields freely available on the internet. The
> participants represented many points of view, academic disciplines,
> initiatives and nations, and together they examined effective and
> affordable strategies for serving the interests of research,
> researchers, and the institutions and societies that support research.
> They committed to working together to achieve broader, deeper, and
> faster success and launched an effort worldwide campaign for providing
> "Open Access" to all peer-reviewed research - an effort that has
> become known as known as the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).
> The BOAI is at once a statement of principle, a statement of strategy,
> and a statement of commitment.
>
> This February we will celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the BOAI,
> which has served the standard bearer and source of the widely accepted
> definition of Open Access. As we near this milestone, it is important
> to take the time to reflect on the values, impact, and continued
> relevance of the BOAI. Your contribution will help shape the movement
> going forwards. Please take this opportunity to fill in the survey
> linked to below. The feedback you provide will be used to create
> updated recommendations to the Open Access community to help focus our
> collective efforts to sustain momentum towards achieving the goals of
> the BOAI.
>
> Please provide your feedback here:
> http://budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/boai15-1