From: Jim O'Donnell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:42:33 -0400
The Association of American Universities and the Association of
Research Libraries have an ongoing scholarly communications task
force, comprising provosts and librarians from leading institutions.
This group released just a few days ago a proposal to support a
critical early phase of scholarly publishing. Given the source, this
is a project with very good prospects.
"Prospectus for an Institutionally Funded First-book Subvention"
http://www.arl.org/storage/documents/publications/aau-arl-prospectus-for-institutionally-funded-first-book-subvention-june2014.pdf
Thoughts?
Jim O'Donnell
Georgetown