[open-archaeology] AIA and open access

Sun Apr 29 16:20:44 UTC 2012

Hiya -

Think this should be posted to the Open Archaeology blog seeing how that's
where this discussion has been taking place.

Steko- is there a way to sign up for an account to the blog to post? Maybe
I'm just confused but has it been subsumed by the main OKF blog?

Jess

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Leif Isaksen <leifuss at googlemail.com>wrote:

> 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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