Academic Presses Endorse Statement on Scholarly Publishing in Digital Age

by E Wayne Ross on March 12, 2007

The Chronicle News Blog: Academic Presses Endorse Statement on Scholarly Publishing in Digital Age

Another group of academic publishers has taken a stand in the open-access wars. The Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers announced this week its endorsement of the Brussels Declaration on STM Publishing. That document spells out “key industry principles” articulated by the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers in response to a European Commission conference on scientific publishing this year.