[Open-access] (no subject)

Fri May 25 05:28:34 UTC 2012

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 4:40 AM, Dominique Babini <dasbabini at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello members of the open-access list,
> I am new in this list, Dominique from Argentina.

Welcome, and thanks for choosing this list.

> My first message is to share with you the annoucement that a national open
> access legislation, for State funded research results to be deposited in
> digital repositories with maximum embargo of six months, has received a
> preliminary approval yesterday by Deputies in our Congress, and now will be
> discussed and we hope approved by the Senate soon.
> The legislation proposal has been an initiative of the Ministry of Science
> and Technology, with participation of the Repositories National System
> Experts Committee.
> The announcement published yesterday (in Spanish)
> http://www.mincyt.gov.ar/noticias/noticias_detalles.php?id_noticia=959
> It is a very imporant step forward in a region where 2/3 of research is
> State funded.
> Dominique
>

If you/Ministry can ensure that "Open Access" means compliant with  "CC-BY"
or "BOAI" that will be a very major step forward.

P.

>
>

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Peter Murray-Rust
Reader in Molecular Informatics
Unilever Centre, Dep. Of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
CB2 1EW, UK
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