[Zoobank-list] petition for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded research results

[David Patterson]

Donat

could you make sure this issue is raised at the workshop. 
 I am sure it will be.  We have so far been assuming EoL 
will be open access, and will point to information that is 
either open access or requires some kind of registration 
or fee for access.    The sustainability model is 
currently being developed at the Field Museum, and I hope 
that it retains this style of thinking.

Paddy


On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:40:59 +0100
  "Donat Agosti" <agosti at amnh.org> wrote:
> [Sorry for cross posting with Taxacom]
> 
> Here a petition for guaranteed public access to 
>publicly-funded research,
> which is a prerequisite for building up ispecies, 
>encyclopedia of lifes,
> Zoobank, in short providing the best possible access to 
>our science.
> 
> In the wake of the publication of the report from the 
>"EU Study on the
> Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific 
>Publication Markets of
> Europe" a consortium of organisations working in the 
>scholarly communication
> arena is sponsoring a petition to the European 
>Commission to demonstrate
> support for Open Access and for the recommendations in 
>the report.
> 
> Signatures may be added on behalf of individuals or 
>institutions. 
> 
> Please register your support for Open Access in this 
>way. To sign the
> petition, please go to   <http://www.ec-petition.eu/>
> http://www.ec-petition.eu/
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------ 
> The sponsoring organisations are JISC (Joint Information 
>Systems Committee,
> UK), SURF (Netherlands), SPARC Europe, DFG (Deutsches
>Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany), DEFF (Danmarks 
>Elektroniske Fag- og
>Forskningsbibliotek, Denmark).
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------ 
> 
> 
> 
> Dr. Donat Agosti
> 
> Science Consultant
> 
> Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History 
>and Naturmuseum der
> Burgergemeinde Bern
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David J Patterson
Bay Paul Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
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