Nice, indeed!
It will take some time, but sooner or later, such "dinosaurs" will "go the
way of the dodo."
To grease the plank, stop sending them papers and stop respecting those who
do.That will help dissolve the illusion that they are "prestigious"
publishers.
Their day is done, and their unlimited greed and eagerness to FORCE
obeisance, not to mention compliance, upon scholars is as despicable as is
their desire to break library budgets and wall out the rabble.
In the meantime, WRITE your representatives at every level of government.
And stand up and be counted in every other possible way, including posting
to Ecolog.
WT
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Inouye" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:03 AM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] academic publishers and politics
>Here is a nice article warning about recent moves by the big for
>profit scientific publishers.
>
>Opinion by British geologist on Research Works Act.
><http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/16/academic-publishers-enemies-science>http://www.guardian.co.uk
"Academic publishers have become the enemies of science"
"The US Research Works Act would allow publishers to line their
pockets by locking publicly funded research behind paywalls"
