Ellen Faran, Director of the MIT Press, has given me permission to share the
following statement:
"The AAP's press release on the Research Works Act does not reflect the position
of the MIT Press; nor, I imagine, the position of many other scholarly presses
whose mission is centrally focused on broad dissemination. We will not, however,
withdraw from the AAP on this issue as we value the Associationâs work overall
and the opportunity to participate as a member of the larger and diverse
publishing community."
Comment: I believe MIT Press is the first AAP-member press to disavow the AAP
position on the Research Works Act. Kudos and profound thanks to Ellen Faran and
MIT Press for their leadership on this issue.
Peter Suber
Director, Harvard Open Access Project
Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Senior Researcher, SPARC
gplus.to/petersuber
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