Provost David H. Perrin supported public access to taxpayer-funded research

Repost from Campus Weekly

Provost David H. Perrin has joined many other provosts across the nation in signing a letter supporting public access to taxpayer-funded research. The letter and signing came during the sixth annual Open Access Week. The letter reads in part, “The broad dissemination of the results of scholarly inquiry and discourse is essential for higher education to fulfill its long-standing commitment to the advancement and conveyance of knowledge. Indeed, it is mission critical. For the land-grant and publicly funded institutions among us, it addresses the complementary commitment to public service and public access that is included in our charters.” Read more at the web site of SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.