Rudy Baum, Take A Stand, Chemical & Engineering News, June 5, 2006. Excerpt:
The federal government is taking another stab at socializing scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publishing in the U.S. This time the effort arrives in the form of S. 2695, the Federal Research Public Access Act, introduced in early May by Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) (C&EN, May 8, page 28)....
If you care about the future of ACS publishing operations-indeed, if you care about the timely and accurate dissemination of the scientific literature-I urge you to contact Sen. Collins and your state’s senators to oppose S. 2695.
Comment. Since the ACS is urging its members to write to Sen. Collins in opposition to FRPAA, it's more important than ever to write to her and your Senators to support it. The ATA has a template for contacting your Senators and asking them to co-sponsor the bill.
I really thought that not even the most raging and riled opponents of FRPAA would call John Cornyn a socialist.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/06/2006 10:48:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
