From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:30:47 -0500 And the amount of academic publishing done by university presses is dwarfed by that done by for-profit, private companies. Yes, knowledge of history can be helpful . . . . :) Sandy Thatcher At 6:11 PM -0400 4/30/13, LIBLICENSE wrote: > From: "Guédon Jean-Claude" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:03:17 -0400 > > Public subsidies are already the case, to a greater or lesser extent, > in many countries or groups of countries. For example: Canada, France, > Italy, the countries of Latin America, Europe + South Africa > supporting SciELO, etc... > > Perversely, these public subsidies sometimes go to supporting private > companies (the French case is a very good example of this situation). > > The US will probably be the last country to adopt such a system, once > Britain relents..., but the university presses of old used to be > subsidized by public or non-profit universities. That was the idea > behind the creation of Johns Hopkins University Press. Some knowledge > of history can be helpful in this regard. > > > Jean-Claude Guédon > Professeur titulaire > Littérature comparée > Université de Montréal > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:52:58 -0400 > > I quote: > > "Support all scientific publishing by public subsidies" > > Good luck. > > Joe Esposito