As posted by Stevan Harnad, Sander Dekker, the Dutch secretary of education favours Gold OA. The news came this morning in the newspaper De Volkskrant. If universities do not show enough commitment he says he will start mandating through a law in 2016. Of course there are few details yet, as news just broke today. On December 4 the House of Commons (Tweede Kamer) education committee will have this proposal on the agenda. To me the timing of the secretary's proposal came as a surprise. I do not know who he has been talking to in preparing this. The choice for Gold OA is based on the perceived broad acceptance of Finch I in UK. No reactions yet from Universities Association (VSNU) or from NWO (the Dutch RCUK). I do worry that House education committee members will have little grasp of OA debate details.
Volkskrant article: http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2672/Wetenschap-Gezondheid/article/detail/3546053/2013/11/16/Wetenschap-moet-vanaf-2016-gratis-verkrijgbaar-zijn.dhtml (in Dutch) Proposal: http://www.tweedekamer.nl/downloads/document/index.jsp?id=800cfe0c-51e1-4697-8134-c9a9a56fdebf&title=Toezegging%20over%20verdere%20ontikkelingen%20open%20acces%20van%20wetenschappelijke%20publicaties.doc (in Dutch) Agenda House Education Committee December 4: http://www.tweedekamer.nl/vergaderingen/commissievergaderingen/details/index.jsp?id=2013A05188 (in Dutch and without any details) Jeroen Bosman Utrecht University Library From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of Stevan Harnad Sent: zaterdag 16 november 2013 20:35 To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Cc: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum; jisc-repositories Subject: [GOAL] Alert: Some coordinated action from the Big Publishing Lobby in the UK & Netherlands Finch II has obviously timed its press release Monday to coincide with a similar one from the other home-base of Reed-Elsevier, the Netherlands: Here are some quick Google Translation excerpts from just-released the Dutch Gold OA Manifesto, clearly timed to coincide with Finch II's reaffirmation of its Gold preference, for which the Press Release will appear tomorrow. I'll comment on Finch II shortly. The publishing Lobby is obviously in overdrive -- Gold mandates, pre-emptive payment, hybrid Gold, Extended Big Deals to sustain current revenue levels during "transition"... --- But don't worry, there is neither the money nor the imbecility worldwide to buy into such a publisher fantasy scheme. It is no coincidence that this drive is coming from UK & Netherlands where the big publishers and their lobbyists are based. (in the US, all they have is the FIRST Act.) The nuclear weapon that will defend against this is...: The Immediate-Deposit Mandate & Button... Excerpts from http://t.co/BCEXH3YmCd Sander Dekker, Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands: "A clear choice in favour of Open Access publications; the transition process provides the necessary speed and shortens the transition period, thus avoiding unnecessary additional costs... . "The Green road is the form in which the author publishes an article in a journal. In addition, the author deposits a version of the article in Open Access electronic archive ( repository ). There are both discipline-based and university-based repositories. The system of paid subscriptions to journals continues. Publishers often negotiate embargo periods that can range from several months to several years before an article can be made OA through a repository. During the embargo period, only the paid version of the journal accessible. This constitutes a source of revenue for publishers. Moreover, there are publisher restrictions on the version of an article in the repository. Sometimes this may only be the version that has not yet been peer reviewd... "Netherlands is in a special position because it has a number of major scientific publishers within its borders. That makes dialogue between science and the Dutch publishing possible... "In the UK, a national committee chaired by Dame Janet Finch laid the foundation for the Open Access policy of the United Kingdom. The report of the Commission Finch serves as a solid standard . It contains a thorough analysis of developments and progress. The Committee notes that due to the major changes it is imperative that all players act together and she advises to achieve by focusing on Open Access journals. Transition Following this advice, the British government earmarked 10 million pounds for Open Access. The initial signs indicate that this has not led to an accelerated transition , but rather a continuation of the transition... "The transition to the Golden Road: My preference is for Open Access publishing in journals that make their articles accessible free, the Golden road. My aim is to achieve OA within ten years: a full transition to Open Access Golden Road by 2024. to achieve this, at least 60 percent of the scientific publications Open Access should be available in about five years through the Gold OA journals... "The real change can only be achieved if we work together at the international level with National cooperation and coordination equally important... "Open Access in the coming years: Dutch universities, KNAW and NWO should give priority to Open Access Golden road... "While the publishers have not yet made the transition to Open Access Golden road I prefer hybrid Open Access, where the institution pays for publication in a traditional journal... "For disciplines where the potential for Gold Open Access journals is still limited, it is possible to provide OA via the Green road... "1. Consultation with likeminded countries: I will get in touch with a number of like-minded countries to promote and acceleration Open Access. I refer primarily to the United Kingdom and Germany . This is because there are a large number of important commercial and academic publishers in the Netherlands and in these two countries i. In addition, Denmark, Finland, Belgium and France are leading like-minded countries... "2. Create conditions under which open access possible: An important momentum in the transition to Open Access publications when the scientific organizations and major scientific publishers agree on subscriptions to scientific journals . This 'big deals' always apply for some years...." "3. reports: If the parties concerned are not sufficiently committed , or developments in insufficient progress , the minister and I imagine that the obligation to publish Gold OA to be included in the Law on Higher Education in 2016 Open Access and Research Act (WHW )...." Sander Dekker, Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands
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