[GOAL] Re: Cambridge policy change

2014-10-02 Thread Stevan Harnad
On Oct 2, 2014, at 2:10 PM, Jean-Claude Guédon wrote: > In my opinion, all mandates should immediately include immediate collection > into a dark archive with > a button. Hear hear! Immediate-deposit should be the sine-qua-non of all OA mandates: Whatever else the stimulate, they should al

[GOAL] Re: FW: Cambridge policy change

2014-10-02 Thread Jean-Claude Guédon
These changes in policy, appearing in a surreptitious way, not entirely clear, etc., had to be anticipated: they are, alas, one of the most potent weapons against the Green road because they keep confusing the landscape. Rogue publishers achieve a similar goal on the Gold side of things. Publishers

[GOAL] Fwd: Cambridge policy change

2014-10-02 Thread Stevan Harnad
Begin forwarded message: > From: Stevan Harnad > Subject: Re: Cambridge policy change > Date: October 2, 2014 at 1:34:54 PM GMT-4 > To: jisc-repositor...@jiscmail.ac.uk > > The author’s final draft should be deposited immediately upon acceptance, > regardless of whether STP or HSS. > > Autho

[GOAL] Fwd: Cambridge policy change

2014-10-02 Thread Stevan Harnad
Begin forwarded message: > From: Stevan Harnad > Subject: Re: Cambridge policy change > Date: October 2, 2014 at 1:54:02 PM GMT-4 > To: jisc-repositor...@jiscmail.ac.uk > > The new CUP policy is no longer worthy of admiration, but CUP authors can > still comply with > the HEFCE policy, which

[GOAL] FW: Cambridge policy change

2014-10-02 Thread Richard Poynder
Forwarding from the JISC-REPOSITORIES mailing list. -Original Message- From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:jisc-repositor...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Gray, Andrew D. Sent: 02 October 2014 16:55 To: jisc-repositor...@jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Cambridge policy change Hi all, Jus

[GOAL] Re: Library Vetting of Repository Deposits

2014-10-02 Thread Kathleen Shearer
At COAR, we have been doing some work to promote the implementation of OA clauses in publishers' licenses. These types of clauses are starting to be requested by institutions and licensing agencies to secure the rights of authors to deposit into a repository, often in order to comply with OA p

[GOAL] Please Register Your Institutional OA Policy in ROARMAP

2014-10-02 Thread Stevan Harnad
University of Reading has just upgraded its OA Mandate to make it compliant with HEFCE Requirements for eligibility for REF2020 (papers must be *deposit