Nonaffiliation with PRISM

["Rick Anderson" <rick.anderson@utah.edu>]

Sorry to interrupt the discussion with this personal comment, but 
it's been brought to my attention by a couple of colleagues that 
PRISM's website includes a link to my recent editorial for 
_Learned Publishing_ titled "Open Access: Clear Benefits, Hidden 
Costs."  There has been some question as to my relationship with 
PRISM, given both the presence of that link on their site and my 
frequent public expressions of OA agnosticism.

I want to make it clear that while I welcome PRISM to the ongoing 
discussion of OA issues, and think the discussion can only be 
enriched by the perspective of those who actually publish 
scholarly information, I have no affiliation whatsoever with 
PRISM and neither endorse nor oppose any of its initiatives.  As 
time goes on, I'm sure that I'll agree with some of what they say 
and disagree with some of it -- just as I agree with some and 
disagree with some of what OA evangelicals say.

These issues are, in fact, quite complex, and the more input we 
can get from those likely to be affected by commercial and 
legislative developments in the realm of scholarly communication, 
the better.

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Rick Anderson
Assoc. Dir. for Scholarly Resources & Collections
Marriott Library
University of Utah
rick.anderson@utah.edu
801-721-1687 (cell)