The UK’s Open Access Policy: Controversy Continues
Richard Poynder describes thehugely complex and often contradictory landscape that the House of Lords Science & Technology Committee and the BIS Committee have had to struggle to get to grips with.
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Open access for the people
From April 1st this year anyone in receipt of public funding from one of the UK research councils will be required to publish their findings by an open access route. The new policy is causing an almighty row, with researchers complaining about the cost, humanities scholars railing against an agenda set by scientists, publishers and learned societies fretting about lost of income and the House of Lords criticising the haste with which the new rules have been brought into play.Stephen Curry for The Guardian.
Implementing the UK Open Access policy: The embargoes for Green
Anyone who has been tracking the rapid transition from the recommendations of the Finch Group to the emergence of RCUK’s policy must admit that the horse-trading around OA embargoes caused considerable confusion. The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report into the policy published on 22 February 2013 produced this graphic to highlight how it should work.