Scientific Publishing | Publishers Licensing Society and open access TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics

"With the publishing industry finally realizing that it has an 'image problem,' particularly regarding scientific publishing and open access, the UK 'Publishers Licensing Society (PLS), in partnership with the publishing industry, represented by The Publishers Association (The PA) and the Association for Learned and Professional Society Publishers,' has launched an initiative called Access to Research, in conjunction with the UK Society for Chief Librarians, “providing access to academic journals and conference proceedings online, from public libraries across the UK' ... Publishers listed as participating in the initiative include ALPSP, Bloomsbury Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Dove Press, Elsevier, Emerald, IoP Publishing, Nature Publishing Group, Oxford University Press, Portland Press, SAGE Publications, Science Reviews 2000 Ltd., Springer, Taylor & Francis, Versita, Wiley, and Wolters Kluwer Health. Elsevier, be it remembered, was the subject of the recent controversy over takedown notices against research papers online. Presumably, this move is intended as a sop or a diversion in the aftermath of that furore ..."