AAUP Opposes Research Works Act, FRPAA

abernard102@gmail.com 2012-08-20

Summary:

“The Association of American University Presses this week said it does not support the Research Works Act, a blow to the proposed legislation that would have barred the federal government from mandating public access to taxpayer-funded research. It also however, voiced opposition to a competing bill, the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), which would mandate public access. ‘AAUP supports the goal of providing free public access to the results of publicly funded research,’ a statement issued this week reads. ‘We think the blanket prohibition sought by RWA goes too far. At the same time we also think the one-size-fits-all solution proposed in FRPAA is unworkable... [FRPAA] mistakenly assumes that no more than 6 months will be required for publishers to recover the investment they have made in preparing research works for publication, in all fields and across all disciplines,’ the statement notes. ‘Setting an appropriate and sustainable public access policy is a complex task that requires careful thought about a range of issues—not just access, but also interoperability and long-term preservation—involving a broad spectrum of stakeholders—researchers, universities, libraries, both nonprofit and commercial publishers, and the general public.’ Instead, the AAUP expressed support for continuing conversation on the issue, as set out in Section 103 of the America COMPETES (Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science) Reauthorization Act of 2010.”

Link:

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/50641-aaup-opposes-research-works-act-frpaa.html

Updated:

08/16/2012, 06:08

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.mandates oa.usa oa.frpaa oa.legislation oa.negative oa.rwa oa.nih oa.copyright oa.aaup oa.policies

Authors:

abernard

Date tagged:

08/20/2012, 15:02

Date published:

02/17/2012, 17:40