STM on access

The International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) added the following to its front page: "Following a meeting of its publishing Heads of House and ratification of its outcomes by the STM Board, STM has adopted the following policy statements on access....[1] Publishers are committed to wide dissemination and unrestricted access to their content; the services that publishers provide must be paid for in some way. [2] STM supports any and all models of access that are sustainable, and that ensure the integrity and permanence of the scholarly record on which progress is built. [3] STM does not support unfunded mandates that constrain scholarly authors or affect the sustainability of the publishing enterprise."