Re: Nonaffiliation with PRISM

[Sandy Thatcher <sgt3@psu.edu>]

Interestingly, PRISM does NOT link to my paper in Learned 
Publishing on open access or to the AAUP Statement on Open Access 
of which my paper is an expansion. Therein lies a mystery.... 
(especially since Penn State is a member of PSP, though I do not 
endorse everything that PSP initiates, including PRISM).

Sandy Thatcher
Penn State University Press


> 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.
>
> ---
> Rick Anderson
> Assoc. Dir. for Scholarly Resources & Collections
> Marriott Library
> University of Utah
> rick.anderson@utah.edu