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Fixing the Flaw in OA Mandates That Have Opt-Outs

Stevan Harnard, Professor in the Department of Psychology at Université du Québec à Montréal, holding the Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Sciences and is also Affiliate Professor in Electronics and Computer Science at University of Southampton, UK on the Open Access Mandate by the University of California:
Yes, there's a flaw in the University of California Open Access (OA) mandate ["Open Contradictions," Editorial, The Daily Californian, 12 Aug 2013], and, yes, it has to do with the fact that U of C authors can opt out of compliance with the mandate.
See also Michael Eisen's comment on the OA policies of the University of California.

Free and open access to all scientific publications at University of California

The Academic Senate of the University of California passed an Open Access Policy on July 24, 2013, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made available to the public at no charge. The policy covers more than 8,000 UC faculty and as many as 40,000 publications a year. By granting a license to the University of California prior to any contractual arrangement with publishers, faculty members can now make their research widely and publicly available, re-use it for various purposes, or modify it for future research publications. Faculty on three campuses (UCLA, UCI and UCSF) will begin depositing articles in eScholarship on November 1, 2013. Progress on deposit implementation will be reviewed during the following year. Deposit of articles by faculty on the remaining campuses is expected to begin on November 1, 2014.

George Mason University and University of California establish funds to publish in OA Journals

George Mason University, through theUniversity Libraries, will provide financial support to Mason scholars and researchers who wish to publish their work in open access (OA) journals. Faculty, postdoctoral fellows and registered graduate students are eligible to apply to Mason’s Open Access Publishing Fund (OAPF) for assistance with article processing fees required by some OA journals.

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Beginning this week, the University of California campuses have launched a pilot open access fund for scholarly articles.  This fund will help offset open access publishing charges for authors who do not have grant funds available to cover them.  Eligible charges include Article Processing Charges (APCs) and Open Access (OA) fees for fully open access journals.  Funds from the pilot may not be used for color charges, page charges, illustration charges, or submission charges.

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