Indeed Heather, in Belgium, we are now achieving total compatibility between universities IRs as well as with the FRS-FNRS (the major Research Funder). Authors have to file in their papers only once. However, if absolutely needed, various formattings can be provided by the software.
I should stress again that after the rough (and tedious) starting period, benefits have become so obvious to researchers that the mandate has become much less necessary: we have entered a bottom-up phase now, generating a huge support for ORBi. Researchers consider it a precious tool today, rather than a chore. > Le 18 nov. 2013 à 17:07, Heather Morrison <[email protected]> a > écrit : > > Rentier makes some good points here. May I add that if deposit in the IR > becomes THE way to report to the tenure and promotion committee and funding > agencies, this could actually save researchers a lot of time? Currently we do > need to report our publications, often to multiple venues with different > formatting requirements. I think time comparison studies (current vs Liege > style) would be a good investment of time. > > [Disclosure: I am an academic with a personal and professional interest in > spending fewer evenings and weekends reformatting my CV and more time getting > on with research]. > > Best, > > Heather Morrison > >> On Nov 18, 2013, at 1:59 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Libraries are definitely places where awareness occurs. They are the >> sentinels. However, they don't have enough power (generally) to impose Open >> Access as a permanent reflex with researchers. >> The only way researchers can be convinced is through mandatory pressure from >> the funders and/or the Academic authorities. And the only way mandates can >> be imposed is through the research assessment procedures. Everything else >> lingers or fails. >> (82% compliance with incitative mandates instead of 8% on average with >> 'soft' mandates). >> If the pressure is applied through Green OA mandates, academic freedom is >> fully respected. All it takes is 5 minutes (max) extra work for each new >> publication (usually not a daily task). >> Considering the benefits for the author(s), the mandate soon becomes >> accessory. >> >>>> Le 17 nov. 2013 à 23:11, Bjoern Brembs <[email protected]> a écrit : >>>> >>>> On Friday, November 15, 2013, 1:09:13 AM, you wrote: >>>> >>>> The political approach may be necessary to get OA >>>> enacted, but we need to implement OA in such a way that it >>>> is immune from political influence. In my book, that seems >>>> to be a perfect role for libraries. >>> >>> This is a serious problem with mandates: they are liable to political >>> influence - and billions in $$$ pay for plenty of political influence, way >>> more than we can ever dream of having. >>> >>> I thus support Eric's motion: we need to move everything in-house, away >>> from any political influence. Libraries are the natural place for that. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Bjoern >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Björn Brembs >>> --------------------------------------------- >>> http://brembs.net >>> Neurogenetics >>> Universität Regensburg >>> Germany >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> GOAL mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GOAL mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
