Chris, Open access with regards to publicly funded research is the "Law." It includes "all" agencies that fund research including the quasi-governmental labs like Sandia etc. (excluding those that are covered under official security restraints) I presume, we can either get aligned with this process or not get funded. Traditions be dammed. I am thrilled that this discussion is taking hold. It is precisely why I started this thread almost a year ago. This law preserves the peer reviewing process. I personally am in favor of scrapping peer review in favor an intellectual community rating system. Peer review has been used for too long as a mechanism of social control and exclusion. I frequently think of Einstein and his travails at recognition until he got a socially accepted champion. Reid -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Heidelberg, Chris Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 11:06 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org; wrc@tcfir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Open access publishing (was a modest proposal) Reid: This letter was outstanding! It will not win praise from the publishing industry that believes that it has a divine right to control publishing in all of its forms (print,video and audio) but it really is a core democratic ideal that this nation should embrace to spur further research and to open up the mysterious world of academia to the masses. I would rather see the public have more access to this, and discuss some of this content, than the latest Paris or Brittany escapade. My research speaks to the importance of open source publishing. Google is doing us a public service on this issue regardless of how some of us may feel about their other policies. Chris Heidelberg -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Dr. W. Reid Cornwell Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 12:09 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Open access publishing (was a modest proposal) Provosts Endorse : An Open Letter to the higher education committee http://www.arl.org/info/frn/other/access/FRPAAletterFinal7-24-06.pdf ________________________________ Dr. W. Reid Cornwell The Center For Internet Research P.O. Box 6369 Breckenridge, CO 720.212.0719 (phone) 970.485.5109 (mobile) wrc@tcfir.org http://tcfir.org _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/