My response is posted here:
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.ca/2013/01/uk-house-of-lords-short-enquiry-into.html
Highlights
The long-term leadership of the UK and the House of Lords in open
access is acknowledged and applauded. It is recommended that
researchers always be required to deposit
dear all,
this was new to me: the scholarly kitchen reports that an US policy on
making federal data public is circulating on Capitol Hill and that it
would include STM data, unlike the sk-author I would welcome such an
initiative.
With apologies for blasting lists yet again with my opinions - I'd like to
correct a potential misinterpretation of my submission on the question of
embargoes as soon as possible. Thanks very much to friends who pointed out the
strong potential for mis-reading. I'll be preparing a revised
Danny
I believe this AOASG statement contains an error. It states that the ARC
policy applies to all research outputs of an ARC project, including books.
While this can be inferred from the text, it is an extraordinary claim which
will be ineffective and cannot have been intended by the ARC.
Many thanks to Arthur Sale for posting this. When I saw these (obvious)
howlers in the ARC Policy I assumed the policy-makers (or the
policy-writers) had fallen asleep at the wheel (and I gave up).
Let's hope that Arthur's firm and confident corrective will be noticed and
heeded.
The ARC gaffe
