Just to note there will be a public meeting to launch the declaration at the Royal Society of Edinburgh in October.
Derek Law __________________________ Professor Derek Law University of Strathclyde Turnbull Building 155 George Street GLASGOW G1 1RD +44 141 548 4997 -----Original Message----- From: "Stevan Harnad"<[email protected]> Sent: 16/08/04 03:51:35 To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> Subject: Scottish Open Access Declaration (Draft) Here (with thanks to Colin Steele for the link) are highlights from the Scottish Science Information Strategy Working Group's [Open Access] Declaration (Draft) http://scurl.ac.uk/WG/SSISWGOA/declaration.htm We believe that the interests of Scotland ... will be best served by the rapid adoption of open access. There are two main routes to achieving open access, and we wish to register our support for both...[i] open access journals [where costs are] covered by author fees rather than subscriptions... [and] [ii]?self-archiving?, where authors deposit electronic versions of their articles in an institutional, or subject-based, repository. There is growing evidence to suggest that open access increases the reach and impact of research. More people can and do view and read open access articles, and there are indications that these articles are cited more frequently and earlier than is the case for articles not available in this way [7]. In the light of these developments, and recognising the huge potential gains to Scotland in terms of impact, comparative advantage, and return on public investment if open access to our research can be established quickly... Action: Research funders Require as a condition of grant that publications resulting from funding are available on open access, either by means of self-archiving or through publication in an open access journal. Allocate funds for author fees for publication within research grants. Encourage research publishers to offer open access publishing streams with fair pricing. Universities/research institutions Set up institutional repositories, and/or liaise with other organisations to establish a joint repository. Encourage, and in due course mandate, researchers to deposit copies of their outputs (articles, reports, conference papers, etc) in an institutional or co-operative repository. Take a leading role by working with other national governments in promoting open access. References [7] See, for example, Hitchcock, S. et al ?The impact of OAI-based search on access to research journal papers?, Serials Vol 16, No 3, November 2003, 255-260 [http://opcit.eprints.org/serials-short/serials11.html]
