[GOAL] Re: Scope of the GOAL list and discussions on open access

2012-01-01 Thread Arthur Sale
Heather, my comments are interspersed on two paragraphs of your recent post. Happy New Year. Arthur Sale University of Tasmania, Australia ... [Heather] Libraries. Currently, library subscriptions account for about 80-90% of the financial support for the scholarly publishing system, with

[GOAL] Re: Scope of the GOAL list and discussions on open access

2011-12-28 Thread Heather Morrison
Welcome to the list, Peter Murray-Rust, and thanks so much for all your work for open science and open access! In my opinion, GOAL is the best list for this discussion, so here goes a few of my thoughts. PMR: There is no body which represents the Open Access community in negotiations with