Last month Elsevier withdrew its support for the controversial Research Works
Act. Had it become law, the RWA would have rolled back the NIH Public Access
Policy requiring that funded researchers make their papers freely available on
the Web within 12 months of publication. It would also have outl
The Research Councils UK are seeking public comments on their draft new OA
policy.
http://www.openscholarship.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-03/rcuk_propose
d_policy_on_access_to_research_outputs.pdf
Please send any comments to and use "Open Access
Feedback" in the subject line.
   P
On 2012-03-14, at 6:33 AM, Richard Poynder wrote:
> Last month Elsevier withdrew its support for the controversial Research Works
> Act.
> Had it become law, the RWA would have rolled back the NIH Public Access Policy
> requiring that funded researchers make their papers freely available on the
Sometimes things get discussed, and other times they just get done. That seems
to be the case for the RCUK's proposed OA policy changes, and the requirement
for CC-BY.
While immediate CC-BY seems reasonable for OA publishing, my understanding is
that while RCUK continues to push the dual appro
On 2012-03-14, at 8:50 AM, Peter Suber wrote:
> The Research Councils UK are seeking public comments on their draft new OA
> policy.
> http://www.openscholarship.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-03/rcuk_proposed_policy_on_access_to_research_outputs.pdf
>
> Please send any comments to and us
Following are my comments to the RCUK open access consultation.Â
Dear RCUK Open Access Policy group,
First of all let me say congratulations and thank you to RCUK for your
continuing inspiring leadership on open access policy. Following are my
comments, based on many years of experience in open
ralia.
More here:
http://poynder.blogspot.com/2012/03/open-access-brick-by-brick.html
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Peter Suber
Director, Harvard Open Access Project
Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Senior Researcher, SPARC
gplus.to/petersuber
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On 2012-03-14, at 6:33 AM, Richard Poynder wrote:
> Last month Elsevier withdrew its support for the controversial Research Works
> Act.
> Had it become law, the RWA would have rolled back the NIH Public Access Policy
> requiring that funded researchers make their papers freely available on the
Sometimes things get discussed, and other times they just get done. That seems
to be the case for the RCUK's proposed OA policy changes, and the requirement
for CC-BY.
While immediate CC-BY seems reasonable for OA publishing, my understanding is
that while RCUK continues to push the dual appro
On 2012-03-14, at 8:50 AM, Peter Suber wrote:
> The Research Councils UK are seeking public comments on their draft new OA
> policy.
> http://www.openscholarship.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-03/rcuk_proposed_policy_on_access_to_research_outputs.pdf
>
> Please send any comments to and us
her Morrison
Doctoral Candidate, Simon Fraser University School of Communication
http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/heather-morrison/
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