From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 09:57:37 -0500

I have two questions about this initiative:

1) Why set up a new university press when there is already an
open-access university press successfully operating in Australia?
http://epress.anu.edu.au/

2) Does Kim Carr really mean "in the public domain," or is he (she?)
just confusing this with open access?

Sandy Thatcher



> From: Ann Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:25 PM
>
> Labor offers $12m lifeline to halt decline in Australian publishing.
> Support includes an Australian Universities Press to showcase publicly
> funded research and a permanent industry council
>
> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/02/labor-lifeline-to-halt-publishing-decline