Information Access Alliance
From Information Access Alliance
"The Information Access Alliance believes that a new standard of antitrust review should be adopted by state and federal antitrust enforcement agencies in examining merger transactions in the serials publishing industry. When reviewing proposed mergers, antitrust authorities should consider the decision-making process used by libraries – the primary customers of STM and legal serial publications – to make purchasing decisions. Only then will these mergers be subjected to the degree of scrutiny they deserve and adequate access be preserved."
A noble and very practical effort .... Let’s just hope that the 'right' ears are listening and the powerful publishing corps do not block this effort. See my arguments in open access to scientific information, a response to the article Free Public Access to Science—Will It Happen? (July 7, 2003).
- open access journals: Revolution or evolution? - Aug 11, 2003
- other facets of open source - Aug 10, 2003
- access to information a solution to poverty?! - Aug 08, 2003
- Public Library of Science - more on open access - Aug 07, 2003
- open access to federally funded research - Aug 07, 2003
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