My apologies to these institutions and thanks for their efforts. It wasn't what I intended to say.
On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Peter Suber <peter.suber at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 3:51 AM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 4:46 AM, Stevan Harnad <amsciforum at gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Richard Poynder < >>> ricky at richardpoynder.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> To the intense joy of OA advocates, Elsevier announced Monday that it >>>> has >>>> withdrawn its support for the controversial US Research Works Act. >>> >>> [...] >> >> I take no joy in the total silence of organised academia - not a squeak >> of comment and support from any major university or library leader. >> > > Sorry, I can't let this pass. Far from "total silence", an admirable > number of universities, libraries, and organizations representing academia > publicly opposed the Research Works Act. See my list, which includes links > to their public statements. > http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Notes_on_the_Research_Works_Act > > Here's a breakdown of the academic institutions by category: > > *Among universities: *Arizona State University, University of Arkansas, > Auburn > University, Brown University, University of California System, University > of Central Florida, University of Cincinnati, Clemson University, University > of Colorado - Boulder, Columbia University, University of Connecticut, Cornell > University, Dakota State University, Florida State University, Georgia > State University, Harvard University, University of Illinois at > Urbana-Champaign, Indiana University, University of Iowa, Johns Hopkins > University, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky, University of > Louisville, University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts - > Amherst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, > Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, University > of Minnesota, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, University of North > Carolina - Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, North > Carolina State University, Northern Illinois University, Ohio State > University, University of Oregon, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania > State University, University of Pittsburgh, Portland State University, > Purdue University, Rutgers University, South Dakota School of Mines and > Technology, South Dakota State University, Southern Illinois University - > Carbondale, Stanford University, State University of New York - Albany, > State University of New York - Buffalo, State University of New York - > Stony Brook, University of South Dakota, University of Utah, Vanderbilt > University, University of Virginia, University of Washington, Washington > University - St. Louis, Wayne State University, the University of > Wisconsin - Madison. > > *Among libraries and library associations: *American Association of Law > Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Academic Health > Sciences Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries, > Association of Research Libraries, Greater Western Library > Alliance, Progressive Librarians Guild, Scholarly Publishing & Academic > Resources Coalition (SPARC), Society of American Archivists, State > University of New York Council of Library Directors, and the William A. > Wise Law Library at the University of Colorado Law School. > > *Among other organizations representing academia: *American Association > of State Colleges and Universities, American Association of University > Professors, American Medical Student Association, Association of American > Universities, Association of Independent Research Institutes, Association > of Public and Land-grant Universities, and Universities Allied for > Essential Medicines. > > Peter > > Peter Suber > gplus.to/petersuber > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL at eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > -- Peter Murray-Rust Reader in Molecular Informatics Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry University of Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK +44-1223-763069 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pipermail/goal/attachments/20120304/5baa4802/attachment.html
