Both Science (AAAS) and Nature have joined the publishes that have disavowed
the (U.S.) Research Works Act (H. R. 3699) which would make it illegal for
federal
funding agencies to mandate (require) Green OA (self-archiving).
(The Act is supported by the American Association of Publishers
Stevan
This approach does not work. Please see interspersed. I think we need more
sophisticated and nuanced comments. Best wishes
Arthur Sale
Tasmania, Australia
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From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf
Of Stevan Harnad
Sent:
On 2012-01-18, at 8:24 PM, Sandy Thatcher wrote:
I was addressing the needs of the general public, not the
needs of researchers, many of whom are not U.S.
taxpayers and hence cannot rely on that argument.
The general public, I want to urge, does NOT need
professional journal articles.
Washington, DC and The Hague â
In a move that completes a year-long strategic restructuring of SPARCâs
operations in Europe, Dr. Alma Swan has been appointed to the position
of Director of European Advocacy, and Lars Bjørnshauge has been named
SPARCâs Director of European Library
Both Science (AAAS) and Nature have joined the publishes that have disavowed
the (U.S.) Research Works Act (H. R. 3699) which would make it illegal for
federal
funding agencies to mandate (require) Green OA (self-archiving).
(The Act is supported by the American Association of Publishers
Stevan
This approach does not work. Please see interspersed. I think we need more
sophisticated and nuanced comments. Best wishes
Arthur Sale
Tasmania, Australia
-Original Message-
From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf
Of Stevan Harnad
Sent:
On 2012-01-19, at 11:02 AM, Sandy Thatcher wrote:
Can you give me any numbers for scientists within the U.S. who do not have
access to the professional literature they need through either their
institutional
affiliations or services like DeepDyve?
I can give you the following pieces of
