Not sure about Europe, but in Australia, many universities have been supporting open access for years with institutional policies etc. Here is mandatory policy at QUT (where I work):
http://www.mopp.qut.edu.au/F/F_01_03.jsp which has been in place for a number of years. At QUT, our meta-data in eprints is very comprehensive (almost complete) for recent publications as our librarians track them down. However, getting the paper itself from the academics can be a bit more of a challenge, but the higher citation rates for papers which are readily available on-line is used to motivate the academics and we are seeing rising levels of compliance. Kerry _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Vandenberg Sent: Monday, 26 November 2012 2:24 PM To: Wikimedia-au Cc: WMAu members Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: [OKFN-AU] Australian Government told to make open access research mandatory ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Tom Worthington" <[email protected]> Date: Nov 25, 2012 5:09 AM Subject: [OKFN-AU] Australian Government told to make open access research mandatory To: <[email protected]> On Friday, Bernard Rentier, Rector, University of Liege, Belgium, told a meeting of senior academics and government officials how open access to research publications can become a routine part of government funded research. Professor Rentier was speaking at the Australian National University in Canberra on "Open Access to Scholarly Publications: A European Perspective", as part of a visiting Belgium delegation. He pointed out that open access was opposed by most publishers as it conflicted with their business model, whereas it fitted the university's business model. Within universities the researchers who create publications do not pay for them, the library does. Professor Rentier suggested the Liege Model could be adopted more widely. The university started creating a repository and a policy requiring authors to deposit their publications with it. He pointed out that it is difficult to get academics to comply with such a policy, but it was possible. One way is to incorporate this in the requirements for research grants: the researcher is required to agree to deposit their publication in the repository or they do not get a grant. See: http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/853-The-Liege-ORBi-model-M andatory-policy-without-rights-retention-but-linked-to-assessment-procedures .html -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ OKFN-AU mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-au Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-au
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