[A2k] Signatures in support of Open Access ahead of EU meeting

[Teresa Hackett (eIFL)]

For questions please write to Melissa Hagemann <mhagemann@sorosny.org>


In the wake of the publication of the report from the "EU Study on the
Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets
of Europe" a consortium of organisations working in the scholarly
communication arena is sponsoring a petition to the European Commission
to demonstrate support for Open Access and for the recommendations in
the report. Signatures may be added on behalf of individuals or
institutions.

Please register your support for Open Access in this way. To sign the
petition, please go to  http://www.ec-petition.eu/

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The sponsoring organisations are JISC (Joint Information Systems
Committee, UK), SURF (Netherlands), SPARC Europe, DFG (Deutsches
Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany), DEFF (Danmarks Elektroniske Fag- og
Forskningsbibliotek, Denmark).