From: Allison Fullard <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:47:29 +0200 The preliminary pages of the full text report names the individuals responsible for the writing of the report. The reputation of the final editors (Dominiqu Babini and Richard Poynder) satisfies me that the report will represent sound and progressive information. Thanks for sharing the news, which passed me by. Allison Allison Fullard Deputy Director: Library Services University of the Western Cape South Africa http://lib.uwc.ac.za >>> LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> 2015/02/16 12:04 AM >>> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:56:47 -0500 This daft report has appeared from a relatively new organization called The Open Science Initiative Working group of the national Science Communication Institute. It doesn't seem possible tell who the drafting/editing people were, pulling together from what was obviously a much larger conversation. Apparently a large group of thought leaders was invited to join an email dialog. 24 of them chose to sign the document and 90 didn't, for whatever reason. Would be interesting to hear more about this report from those who know more. Meanwhile, the draft (final report to be released in March) highlights the diversity in in perceptions about open access. It recommends 10 years of high level (productive) conference-based conversations and recommends exploring "the world's first all-scholarship repository," stating that work is already in progress about this. Any more information available about this ASR? See: Summary Blog Post http://nationalscience.org/nsci-focus-areas/science-writing/2015/open-science-initiative-issues-new-paper-recommendations/ Full Text http://nationalscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/OSI-report-Feb-2015.pdf