[open-archaeology] AIA and open access

Sun Apr 29 16:00:45 UTC 2012

Hi all

I've made a quick adjustment to acknowledge that Elizabeth has
responded constructively to Chuck and Sebastian's piece. This is a
last call for anyone who wants to stick their name on it. Tomorrow
I'll post on Ancient World Bloggers Group.

Cheers

L.

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Stefano Costa <stefano.costa at okfn.org> wrote:
> Il 27/04/2012 23:21, Charles E. Jones ha scritto:
>
>> AIA has responded publicly
>> http://www.archaeological.org/news/8905
>>
>> This is a good start,
>
>
> A very promising start indeed. I would like to thank you and Sebastian for
> turning a potential fight (or flamewar, to be more specific) into a
> dialogue.
>
> I have read the letter that Leif wrote. I think it reflects the views of
> many of us, and addresses the AIA position in a more general way than a
> specific exegesis of the editorial that started it all. That letter is our
> way of building a dialogue, not only a position statement.
>
> There may be an error at the end of line 169, or instead I may have a wrong
> view on British humour. I have added an excerpt from the AIA mission
> statement, that I found relevant in that point of the text.
>
> I've signed it, and I ask all those who see an opportunity to make open
> access more widespread and accepted on the basis of an informed decision to
> do the same. I think the next challenge will be our ability to move this
> same dialogue to other countries (Italy and Germany come to mind in this
> moment).
>
> Thanks a lot to Leif!
>
>
> Stefano
>
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