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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 April 2014
UK government policy is firmly directed, through the agencies which control university and research funding, towards a situation in which much academic output will be made accessible to all on the Internet without payment. This has far-reaching consequences for all academic publishers, including the Society, by no means all of which have yet been taken into account by the policy-makers. Members of the Society need to understand the issues and to consider how best to adapt to changing circumstances and to defend its position where necessary.
4 See the document in note 2, p. 2.
5 See the document in note 3, p. 3.
6 This is the position which was adopted in December 2012 by the editors of 21 UK history journals: see http://www.history.ac.uk/news/2012-12-10/statement-position-relation-open-access
7 The British Academy, London, 1 July 2013; see http:/www.britac.ac.uk/openaccess/ for the-Academy's participation in public debate and for a freely downloadable copy of this publication.
9 Society of Antiquaries of London, Briefing note re Open Access Meeting for Journal Managers, 15 February 2013, p. 4.