[Forwarding from Danny Kingsley at the Australian National University. --Peter Suber.]
Dear all, The Australian National University, in recognition of Open Access Week, has implemented four new policies relating to open access. These policies have gone through the development, consultation process and been approved by the Research and Education Committees and approval from the Chancelry. The ANU Research repository http://research.anu.edu.au/access is a University-wide repository for all scholarly works past and present of ANU members. What can be deposited and who can deposit are contained in the Guidelines: Depositing Scholarly Work to the ANU Research repository: http://policies.anu.edu.au/guidelines/depositing_scholarly_work_to_the_anu_research_repository/guideline The University is currently consolidating the material in the previous version of the repository to incorporate it into the updated ANU Research repository. We are also about to upgrade to the latest version of DSpace. The Policy: Intellectual Property http://policies.anu.edu.au/policies/intellectual_property/policy states that members of the University must provide a copy of their work to the University when it is ready for publication, and the University will check copyright compliance and able to make the work publicly available. Instructions for academics are contained in the Guideline: Intellectual Property http://policies.anu.edu.au/guidelines/intellectual_property/guideline “Terms of Publication: Open Access As soon as it is appropriate to do so, you must deposit a copy of a final accepted version of a peer-reviewed Scholarly Work (not the publisher's PDF) at http://research.anu.edu.au/access The University will check for the Publisher's policies regarding copyright compliance. When this is permitted by the Publisher the deposited work will be displayed through ANU Research, to be discovered and presented online by search engines. Provisions exist to allow Members, for valid reasons, to restrict open publication in this way. If necessary, the University may contact you for a publishable version if the version provided cannot be published by the University under the Publisher's policies.” The University’s “Position Statement on Open Access” is contained as a preface to the new Code of Practice for Scholarly Publication and Dissemination at ANU http://policies.anu.edu.au/policies/code_of_practice_for_scholarly_publication_and_dissemination_at_anu/policy. It states, “The University recognises that researchers are best placed to choose the publication and dissemination option for their work. It urges members of the scholarly community to subsequently make their work available in an open access format.” The Code states “The University encourages authors to make the Accepted Version of their work available through open access after it has been peer reviewed and accepted by their outlet of choice.” These policies were all added to ROARMAP on Monday in celebration of Open Access Week. Regards, *Dr Danny Kingsley* *------------------------------------------* Manager, Scholarly Communications and ePublishing Division of Information Room 3.12b Chifley Library, Building 15 The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 Australia E: danny.kings...@anu.edu.au T: +612 6125 6839 W: http://scholarskeep.anu.edu.au <http://scholarskeep.anu.edu.au> Cricos Provider - 00120C NOTE: I work three days a week: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. I think about open access 24/7.
