From: Jan Velterop <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:58:22 +0100 In a comment on the Finch Report, Stephen Curry has laid out some really insightful points: http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/06/27/finch-report-the-question-of-costs/ He is optimistic. I share his optimism. Jan Velterop On 26 Jun 2012, at 03:28, LIBLICENSE wrote: > 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