From: David Groenewegen <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 18:17:03 +1000

Good questions.

(1) It is not actually a press - it is designed to  "collaborate on
cutting production and marketing costs" across a range of university
presses already existing (Monash University, my employers, have an
excellent one -  http://publishing.monash.edu/). See here for more:
<http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/labors-12m-a-page-turner-for-shared-press/story-e6frgcjx-1226710011106>
<http://au.artshub.com/au/news-article/news/publishing-and-writing/labor-presents-next-page-in-publishing-196526>

(2) I think he is meaning that it will expose more research by making
it available, but not necessarily Open Access - again, to use the
Monash example, we have both open access and "traditionally" published
monographs, and so there will be a mix.

It's worth noting that we have election this weekend - so this plan
may change next week.

David



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David Groenewegen
Director, Research Infrastructure
Monash University Library
Victoria, 3800
AUSTRALIA
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On 4/09/2013 11:14 AM, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>
> From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 09:57:37 -0500
>
> I have two questions about this initiative:
>
> 1) Why set up a new university press when there is already an
> open-access university press successfully operating in Australia?
> http://epress.anu.edu.au/
>
> 2) Does Kim Carr really mean "in the public domain," or is he (she?)
> just confusing this with open access?
>
> Sandy Thatcher
>
>
>
>> From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:25 PM
>>
>> Labor offers $12m lifeline to halt decline in Australian publishing.
>> Support includes an Australian Universities Press to showcase publicly
>> funded research and a permanent industry council
>>
>> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/02/labor-lifeline-to-halt-publishing-decline