[open-archaeology] AIA and open access

Colleen Morgan clmorgan at gmail.com
Sun Apr 29 21:08:16 UTC 2012


Hello,

I've signed the letter, but I should warn the previous signees that I
made a few very very minor adjustments for clarity.

I hope the AIA won't see this as a reason not to fund me in the future!

Cheers,

Colleen

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Leif Isaksen <leifuss at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jess
>
> +1 for common sense - the letter would probably be more appropriate
> there than on AWBG. It would be good if folks can reference it on
> twitter, etc. as well though so that we aren't merely preaching to the
> converted.
>
> all the best
>
> L.
>
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Jessica Ogden
> <jessogdogg at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> 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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