From: Kim Beadle <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 16:24:11 +0200
The International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical
Publishers (STM) welcomes David Willetts', the UK Minister of State for
Universities and Science, support for publishing and sustainable open
access.
Writing this week in the Guardian on the UK Government's plans to make
publicly funded research accessible to all, Willetts said "The challenge
is how we get there without ruining the value added by academic
publishers." He continued, "We still need to pay for such functions,
which is why one attractive model - known as gold - has the funders of
research covering the costs."
On 4 February 2012, STM released its statement 'Publishers support
sustainable open access'. It opens "Publishers are committed to the
widest possible dissemination of and access to the content they publish.
We support any and all sustainable models of access that ensure the
integrity and permanence of the scholarly record." To date, 49 STM
member and non-member publishers have signed the statement. The
statement is available on the Association's website at:
www.stm-assoc.org/publishers-support-sustainable-open-access/
and is quoted below.
Commenting at the STM annual spring conference this week, STM CEO
Michael Mabe said, "We welcome Mr Willetts' balanced comments on
sustainable open access. We are actively contributing to the Finch Group
in the UK through our colleagues at the Publishers Association, and we
look forward to hearing their findings."
-ENDS -
STM statement (4 February 2012)
Publishers Support Sustainable Open Access
Publishers are committed to the widest possible dissemination of and
access to the content they publish. We support any and all sustainable
models of access that ensure the integrity and permanence of the
scholarly record. Such options include 'gold' open access, whereby
publication is funded by an article publishing charge paid by the author
or another sponsor, a subscription-based journal, or any one of a number
of hybrid publishing options. Most publishers now offer open access
options and publish open access journals, and work closely with funders,
institutions and governments to facilitate these developments. Gold open
access provides one approach toward our shared goal of expanding access
to peer-reviewed scientific works and maximizing the value and reuse of
the results of scientific research.
We believe that authors should be able to publish in the journal of
their choice, where publication will have the greatest potential to
advance their field. Institutions and funders have a key role to play
in ensuring that public access policies allow for funding of peer
reviewed publication and publishing services in whatever journal that an
author chooses. Publishers look forward to working with all stakeholders
to achieve this goal and to advance scholarly communication.
Links:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/01/open-free-access-aca
demic-research (Open, free access to academic research? This will be a
seismic shift, The Guardian, 01 May 2012)
www.stm-assoc.org/publishers-support-sustainable-open-access/ STM
statement 'Publishers support sustainable access'
STM is an international association of over 100 scientific, technical,
medical and scholarly publishers, collectively responsible for more than
60% of the global annual output of research articles, 55% of the active
research journals and the publication of tens of thousands of print and
electronic books, reference works and databases. We are the only
international trade association equally representing all types of STM
publishers - large and small companies, not for profit organizations,
learned societies, traditional, primary, secondary publishers and new
entrants to global publishing.
Kim Beadle
Office Manager and PA to Michael Mabe
STM
Prama House
Oxford 0X2 7HT UK
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.stm-assoc.org
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