tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post4347295952434236069..comments2024-02-22T10:35:12.485-08:00Comments on Cultural Property Observer: AIA Seeks to Maintain Monopoly on Research About the PastCultural Property Observerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-80351124788902182902012-04-26T07:49:17.742-07:002012-04-26T07:49:17.742-07:001. They only have one advocacy page, and this is ...1. They only have one advocacy page, and this is certainly lobbying-- yet it is not listed there, and not everything on there is directly linked to "site preservation."<br /><br />2. This bill relates only to federally funded research, so I'm not sure why the AIA is opposing it-- which is a question posed by others in the archaeological community like Sebastian Heath and Chuck Jones. See http://ancientworldbloggers.blogspot.com/2012/04/aia-and-open-access-response.html?spref=fb<br /><br />3. If the AIA argues that it serves the public, then it should make its scholarly research availale to the public, rather than trying to make it a profit center. Use the tee shirts you mention for that....Cultural Property Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924359202414555962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279887958085077691.post-13382916163188212602012-04-26T06:47:15.403-07:002012-04-26T06:47:15.403-07:00"Interestingly, the AIA's efforts against..."Interestingly, the AIA's efforts against open access appear nowhere on the AIA's advocacy page".<br /><br />Neither does it appear on the "Get your AIA tee shirts here" page - which is not surprising as it is neither a site protection advocacy or tee-shirt issue. It is discussed here: http://www.archaeology.org/1205/departments/president.html<br /><br />Your argument is missing the one salient issue here, that what this is (in the case of the AIA) about is the re-publication of material that is already published in the form of those things we call "books" (you know, paper things libraries and individuals pay subscriptions for). So they are not against "dissemination of knowledge" as much as something which undercuts part of the source of finances for their publication budget.<br /><br />What the AIA are saying is free internet republication is going to undercut the subscription system which supports their publication, not all of which is of course government funded. <br /><br />Some archaeological journals, like the British "Antiquity" give internet access to the published papers (plus in fact material wich is not available on paper) but for a subscription. <br /><br />But I see what you want is everything on a plate and for free. <br /><br />I really do not understand the position of the people at "Open Access Archaeology". None of them: seem to be directly involved in archaeological publishing. http://www.openaccessarchaeology.org/people.html#.T5lQ-9luqSoPaul Barfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443302899233809948noreply@blogger.com