Re: Persee in danger. Please support it.

[Marin Dacos <marin.dacos@revues.org>]

Dear Joseph Esposito,

I think that we can say that the Presidency of the University of 
Lyon 2 has changed. The former President of the University is the 
leader of Persee. The Persee program is a national program and 
not a local one. The new President is considering that the money 
spent in Persee is not dedicated mainly in publishing initiatives 
from Lyon, and it's true, but it's obviously a mistake to 
consider that national-wide programs are not good for big 
universities like Lyon.

Anyway, French landscape is moving fast, and the University of 
Lyon 2 is being integrated in the University of Lyon, which will 
include the three Lyon universities. At national level, people 
are looking for a solution with the CNRS. We hope that they will 
succeed.

Best regards,
Marin Dacos

> Jean-Claude,
>
> Can you shed some light on why the support from the University of
> Lyon is being removed from this project?
>
> Joe Esposito
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 5:20 PM, <jean.claude.guedon@umontreal.ca>  wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> For the last eight years or so, a group of dedicated French
>> academics have been supporting a French imitation of JSTOR,
>> whose advantage over its older and bigger US model is that it
>> is in Open Access. (http://www.persee.fr).
>>
>> A petition is being circulated right now to try stopping the
>> University of Lyon-2 from killing this project.
>>
>> The answer provided by the president of the University is
>> worthy of Orwell's Newspeak...
>>
>> The petition can be signed at
>> http://lapetition.be/en-ligne/petition-9491.html . Please sign
>> it.
>>
>> Unhappily, they have not provided an English translation for
>> the petition, but the point is obvious, and filling the fields
>> is not difficult, even for someone who does not read French.
>>
>> If anyone meets with difficulties, please contact me.
>>
>> They deserve the strongest and widest support from all.
>>
>> Jean-Claude Guedon