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

2013-04-01 Thread jyogaku
**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.)

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

2013-04-01 Thread Peter Murray-Rust
On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 1:13 AM, jyog...@mext.go.jp 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,

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

2013-04-01 Thread Omega Alpha | Open Access
Conversation with two religious studies scholars on committee at Open Library of Humanities http://wp.me/p20y83-GM The other day I checked-in on developments over at Open Library of Humanitieshttps://www.openlibhums.org/. As I reported earlier here and here, the idea for this very interesting

[GOAL] Comparison of ARC NHMRC policies page now available

2013-04-01 Thread Danny Kingsley
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 *