----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Morrison" <hgmor...@sfu.ca> To: <american-scientist-open-access-fo...@listserver.sigmaxi.org> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 4:11 AM Subject: Re: Growth rate of OA mandates?
> Comments (Heather): > >> How libraries can contribute to improving access for all: many > libraries are currently very involved in scholarly communication > programs, providing education for scholars on author's rights (no one > needs to sign away copyright in order to publish), managing > institutional repositories, assisting with compliance with funding > agency OA policies, and many also provide journal hosting and support > services for faculty, and working to transition funding from the > subscriptions system to open access, for example by joining the > Compact on Open Access Publishing Equity (COPE): > http://www.oacompact.org/compact/ A point is missing after "managing institutional repositories". You should add "AND explaining all the advantages and the necessity of a mandate." > > Comments (Heather) > > There isn't really ONE tipping point for OA, but rather many (Peter > Suber wrote about this some time ago). There is no longer a need to > advocate for OA as a good thing, for example; the arguments now relate > to feasibility, not desirability. The feasibility of a mandate has been proven by all the universities which appear in ROARMAP http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/ and the advantages are listed in the article "Maximizing and measuring research impact through university and research-funder open access self-archiving mandates" http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/16616/ Hélène Bosc Euroscience Member http://www.euroscience.org/ Convenor of the workgroup on scientific publishing http://www.euroscience.org/WGROUPS/SC_PUBLISHING/index.htm
