Comments on: AAA Open Access FUD

By: Hugh Jarvis

Hugh Jarvis — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:43:37 +0000

I suspect the reason why some organizations support their activities through large publishing profits is because their journals are EXPENSIVE; e.g. AJPA. AAA journals are some of the least expensive out there, and we aim to keep them that way.

By: Kerim Friedman

Kerim Friedman — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:12:42 +0000

Ooops. I somehow marked the post as “private” so only I was seeing it. I’ve fixed that now, so it will also show on SM.

And I fixed the opposing/supporting issue as well. Thanks Peter.

By: Peter Suber

Peter Suber — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:12:06 +0000

Thanks for keeping up the pressure. But you've got the FRPAA recommendation reversed. The AAA should stop *opposing* FRPAA. FRPAA is a good bill that would mandate open access to the bulk of federally funded research. The AAA has signed a public letter opposing it. For a brief overview of FRPAA with links for further reading, see my article from February 2007.

By: enkerli

enkerli — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:22:01 +0000

For some reason, this post did not, in fact, appear on SM.

One thing about this FUD campaign is that it apparently gets quite a bit of support from our colleagues. Fighting it, we may even sound like mouth-foaming fanatics to some of the people we care about.
Not sure what the best strategy could be. The AAA is a far-reaching organisation but it doesn’t control the discipline.