The French newspaper Le Monde has just published a public statement, signed by sixty members of the academic community (presidents of universities, librarians, journals publishers and researchers) under the title “Who is afraid of open access ?” (see the original paper here :
http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2013/03/15/qui-a-peur-de-l-open-acces_1848930_1650684.html). It is now available in English : http://iloveopenaccess.org/arguments-for-open-access/
More than 1600 people already signed this statement, calling for open
access as fast as possible and asking for HSS taking leadership in this
direction. You can sign it : http://iloveopenaccess.org/?page_id=329
infomazed 