Call for Higher Ed Leaders to Endorse FRPAA (fwd)

From: Stevan Harnad <harnad_at_ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:35:59 +0100

Pertinent Prior AmSci Topic Threads:

    PSP/AAP Critique of FRPAA Proposal
    http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#5378

    Critique of AAP/PSP Critique of FRPAA Proposal
    http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#5398

    How to Counter All Opposition to the FRPAA Self-Archiving Mandate
    http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/subject.html#5399

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:23:11 -0400
From: Peter Suber <peters AT earlham.edu>
To: SPARC Open Access Forum <SPARC-OAForum AT arl.org>
Subject: [SOAF] Call for Higher Ed Leaders to Endorse FRPAA

[Forwarding from SPARC. --Peter.]

Fresh on the heels of endorsements of FRPAA (S. 2695) by dozens of
presidents, provosts and others, SPARC has issued the call below. Educate
your top administrators about the merits of this bill and ask them to
endorse it. See Campus FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions for University
Administrators & Faculty
http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/FINAL-FRPAA-CampusFAQ.pdf Learn more
about the bill at http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/frpaa

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Urgent call for action by leaders of higher education institutions:

Show your support for expanded access to peer-reviewed research
Endorse the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006

http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/frpaa/highered.html
Received on Wed Aug 23 2006 - 17:20:39 BST