On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 10:48 AM Samuel Moore <samuel.moor...@gmail.com> wrote:
I share Sam's concerns. > I’d be interested to hear more on the 'high-level' focus of your group and > whether you see it as antagonistic to non-high-level approaches. Put > another way, are you not simply looking for common ground between the > groups who are already in charge of scholarly communication (policymakers, > commercial publishers, senior figures, etc.) to the exclusion of those > operating at the margins? > > I agree, I am concerned about several demographics: * citizens outside academia * young people * the Global South. I am an old white anglophone male so I cannot speak other that to P.urge that the initiative is taken by different demographics. I also think the effect of the capitalist publishing industry, whether closed or Open Access has been hugely detrimental. To the extent that I can carry the views of others , I believe these views are shared by many. P. > > -- "I always retain copyright in my papers, and nothing in any contract I sign with any publisher will override that fact. You should do the same". Peter Murray-Rust Reader Emeritus in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dept. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069
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