From: Derek Law <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:54:18 +0100 In response to the posting by Gedye, LibLicense readers need to know that the Electronic Publishing Trust for Development (EPT, not EFT as described) is an informed, long-established organisation, the aim of which is solely to promote open access to published research both to and from the developing world (see http://www.epublishingtrust.net). Further, we are concerned that appropriate research findings relevant to conditions in the South are accessible, since by no means all research supplied from the North addresses developing country needs, while good research conducted in the South is not always readily accessible to researchers in the North. The EPT supports any and all means that help meet its objectives, and has no preferred agenda to promote. However, we believe in a pluralist not a monolithic approach, as all existing systems have strengths and weaknesses and there is no single solution which meets all the needs of researchers in developing countries. To ensure understanding, readers are invited to read the entire response made to the Finch Report (see http://epublishingtrust.net/ept-response-to-the-uk-finch-report/), rather than selected excerpts that do not provide the context for the statements we make. The EPT welcomes the recent statement from the UK’s Department for International Development (see http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2012/Open-access-will-help-to-boost-innovation/) that shares our concerns for the continuing imbalance of access between rich and poor research organisations and offers support for open access as one of the best mechanisms to repair the gap. Professor Derek Law Chair, Electronic Publishing Trust for Development ________________________________________________________________________________________ Professor Derek Law Turnbull Building University of Strathclyde 155 George Street Glasgow G1 1RD United Kingdom