[GOAL] Japan's National OA Mandate for ETDs.

**Cross-Posted** Dear colleagues, Today(1 April, 2013), Japan's New Degree Regulations came into effect, it launched OA Mandate for ETDs! *ETDs are publicised on IRs of each university. (Japanese only) http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/koutou/daigakuin/detail/1331790.htm ref.) http://drf.lib.ho

[GOAL] Re: Japan's National OA Mandate for ETDs.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:13 AM, wrote: > **Cross-Posted** > > Thanks you for this. It seems a welcome development. When the complete thesis is published is there an explicit licence (e.g. CC-BY) that permits re-use consistent with the principles of BOAI? P. > > Dear colleagues, > > Today(1 Apr

[GOAL] Conversation with two religious studies scholars on committee at Open Library of Humanities

Conversation with two religious studies scholars on committee at Open Library of Humanities The other day I checked-in on developments over at Open Library of Humanities. As I reported earlier here and here, the idea for this very interesti

[GOAL] Comparison of ARC & NHMRC policies page now available

Hello, The Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG) has just published an explainer on its website called the "Comparison of ARC & NHMRC policies": http://aoasg.org.au/resources/comparison-of-arc-nhmrc-policies/ The page is organised under the subheadings: * Summary of the policies

[GOAL] Re: Japan's National OA Mandate for ETDs.

Dear Peter Thank you for your interest. In Japan, use of the licence is still at the individual level, the national-level assessment has just begun. (Currently, Copyright Act is only.) Best Regards SHUTO Makoto SHUTO Makoto Cheif, Science Information Unit Office for Scien