From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 05:41:48 +0000 Thank you Fred for explaining the status of this project. Danny Dr Danny Kingsley Visiting Fellow Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) w: http://cpas.anu.edu.au/about-us/people/danny-kingsley On 07/05/2015 05:03, "LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >From: Fred Dylla <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 21:02:50 +0000 > >Response to Dr. Danny Kingsley¹s post of Sat, 2 May 2015 17:39 > >Dear Dr. Kingsley, > >Let me assure you that STM consultation on article sharing is still >very much a work in progress. When the two-month consolation period >closed on April 10th, we received quite a few (50) comments, including >very thoughtful commentary from several readers of Liblicense. > >The STM working group met in late April to review the submitted >comments and consider next steps, including ongoing engagement with >those in the wider community who use and provide content for these >networks. We will post progress reports on the original STM site where >all the submitted comments can still be viewed: > >http://www.stm-assoc.org/stm-consultations/scn-consultation-2015/. > >The announcement by Elsevier does not mean these voluntary principles >are fixed or no longer open to discussion by the research community. >Elsevier participates in the STM working group that has been carefully >considering this issue for several months now, and remains closely >engaged with its other members, its process, and with the feedback >received to date. It is encouraging to see a publisher taking steps to >make article sharing easier for researchers based on this first draft >of the voluntary principles. Meanwhile, the STM working group >continues its efforts to engage the wider community to develop revised >principles that reflect the views of all major stakeholders in this >important area of scholarly research. > >H. Frederick Dylla > >Chair, STM working group for article sharing on scholarly >collaboration networks (SCNs) > >Executive Director & CEO, American Institute of Physics