The Professional/Scholarly Publishing division of the Association of American Publishers issued a press release on January 3 (PDF). Though the new NIH policy had a lengthy public comment period, the association vows to continue its fight and outlines its strategy. Excerpt:
[J]ournal publishers who have opposed the policy will continue to pursue their concerns with Congress regarding the policy’s negative impact on science publishing and the protection of related intellectual property rights. Publishers will also urge NIH to conduct a rulemaking proceeding, with opportunity for public comment, before implementing the new policy.
Peter Suber of Open Access News predicts that there will be "a publisher lawsuit to halt or delay the OA mandate at the NIH" and suggests that AAP's press release is "the public version of a legal brief." His point-by-point response is available in the January 4 edition of his newsletter.
Posted by stemp003 at February 8, 2008 5:50 PMwhat does the new mandate state that is causing the controversey?
Posted by: Sergio Maksh at May 18, 2008 11:56 PM