Why does the University of California Press support reactionary legislation opposing public access to scientific research?
Connotea Imports 2012-07-31
Summary:
"[T]he University of California Press is a member of the AAP, and is thus complicit is this atrocious effort to place the private interests of a small number of publishers ahead of the public good.
At a time when the University is facing horrific budget cuts, it is simply inexcusable that funds from a University subsidized entity are being used to promote reactionary legislation that is completely antithetical to the interests of the University, its students, teachers and researchers, and the public.
The Press should denounce this bill and suspend its membership in the AAP until it reverses its opposition to the NIH Public Access policy. If it does not, the University must terminate their relationship immediately."