From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:17:56 -0500 Really? All the university presses in England count for nothing? What an extraordinary claim! Sandy Thatcher > From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:04:01 -0700 > > But David, Finch made it clear that Universities lack the means for > distribution of its faculty's works. > > This is the vocation of publishers who reap the dividends. > > That's why the authors of the books receive only 10% of revenue - the > rest goes to a publisher. > > Ari Belenkiy > Richmond BC > > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 7:04 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:58:54 +0100 >> >> Joe >> >> Research university X already gives away its intellectual property and >> then spends much more than non-research universities in buying access >> to the intellectual property of other research universities. Where's >> the strategic thinking there? >> >> And of course, a lot of the research done isn't paid for by the >> universities themselves - it's paid for by research funders such as >> NIH in the US and the Research Councils in the UK. For the NIH to >> ensure that NIH-funded researcher in University N has access to >> research outputs generated by NIH-funded researcher at University M >> looks to me the epitome of strategic thinking. > > > > > David