From: Sally Morris <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:35:28 +0100 Subject: RE: The Finch Report: UCL's David Price Responds Those university presses, learned societies etc that have succeeded seem to attract much the same opprobrium as other publishers... Sally Morris Email: [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:43:45 -0500 It would also have been a more sensible option if universities had supported their own publishing infrastructure more in the first place and not allowed commercial publishers to establish such a dominant position in STM journal publishing. In the immediate postwar years that was still a live option. Administrative myopia helped create the conditions that Kevin deplores. Sandy Thatcher > From: Kevin Smith <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 05:11:35 +0000 > > So what is the current scenario? Major research university gives away > it intellectual property, to publishers, has to buy it back at very > high cost, then cuts faculty for lack of funding. What is ridiculous > is that anyone could seriously maintain that OA is not a more sensible > option. > > Kevin L. Smith, J.D. > Director of Scholarly Communication > Duke University > Perkins Library > Durham, NC 27708