From: David Groenewegen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 18:17:03 +1000 Good questions. (1) It is not actually a press - it is designed to "collaborate on cutting production and marketing costs" across a range of university presses already existing (Monash University, my employers, have an excellent one - http://publishing.monash.edu/). See here for more: <http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/labors-12m-a-page-turner-for-shared-press/story-e6frgcjx-1226710011106> <http://au.artshub.com/au/news-article/news/publishing-and-writing/labor-presents-next-page-in-publishing-196526> (2) I think he is meaning that it will expose more research by making it available, but not necessarily Open Access - again, to use the Monash example, we have both open access and "traditionally" published monographs, and so there will be a mix. It's worth noting that we have election this weekend - so this plan may change next week. David -- David Groenewegen Director, Research Infrastructure Monash University Library Victoria, 3800 AUSTRALIA [log in to unmask] On 4/09/2013 11:14 AM, LIBLICENSE wrote: > > 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