Plan B: Harvard-style mandates

2008-09-15 Thread Heather Morrison
In the unlikely event that the U.S. decides to change its copyright laws to block open access, a "Plan B" for OA that seems a good fit for the US context is expanding the Harvard-style mandate approach. As Stevan Harnad has pointed out, OA is unstoppable; once researchers fully grasp its benefits,

Re: Plan B: Harvard-style mandates

2008-09-16 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 11:33 PM, Heather Morrison wrote: In the unlikely event that the U.S. decides to change its copyright laws to block open access, a "Plan B" for OA that seems a good fit for the US context is expanding the Harvard-style mandate approach.