Re: More on publishing costs

[Heather Morrison <heatherm@eln.bc.ca>]

On 10-Mar-04, at 12:43 PM, D Anderson wrote:

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> In fact, proponents of OA would be wise to enlist private industry in 
> support of the cause because, in the aggregate, it has the potential to 
> save for-profit organizations hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
Good point, Dean.  It would make a lot of sense for the private sector,
even the for-profit commercial private sector, to support open access.

Corporate donations to open access could be both a means of future cost
avoidance, and immediate excellent public relations.  I bet the first
corporations to do this would have a good chance of some free publicity
too.

There are probably many avenues for financial support besides the obvious
ones of the research institutes and funders themselves.  It's just a
matter of figuring out who and how to make it happen.

Heather G. Morrison
Project Coordinator
BC Electronic Library Network
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