[Open-access] Fwd: [GOAL] House of Lords OA Inquiry

Fri Jan 11 14:34:25 UTC 2013

A suggestion that we should aim at the researchers - makes sense

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From: Frederick Friend <ucylfjf at ucl.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Subject: [GOAL] House of Lords OA Inquiry
To: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal at eprints.org>

  It is certainly worth any subscriber to this list who supports open
access submitting evidence, whether institutional or personal. Submissions
to the 2004 Enquiry by the equivalent House of Commons Select Committee
were taken seriously and many did influence the Committee’s Report,
although (unfortunately) not the UK Government’s Response. I urge everybody
not to tie themselves too closely to the four issues highlighted by the
Committee. In particular it would be good to see submissions which look at
OA from researchers’ or taxpayers’ perspectives.

 Fred Friend
Honorary Director Scholarly Communication UCL
http://www.friendofopenaccess.org.uk

  *From:* Alma Swan <a.swan at talk21.com>
*Sent:* Friday, January 11, 2013 8:48 AM
*To:* Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) <goal at eprints.org> ; SPARC
Open Access Forum <SPARC-OAForum at arl.org>
*Subject:* [GOAL] Re: [SCHOLCOMM] New Year's challenge for repository
developers and managers: awesome cross-search
  The UK's House of Lords (upper chamber of Parliament) Science &
Technology Committee is conducting an enquiry into Open Access. Written
submissions are welcome. Individuals and organisations are invited to give
their views on the actions taken by Government and RCUK following
publication of the Finch report.

The HoL has issued guidance <
http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_7334/hol-guidance-notes-open-access-enquiry>
on how to make written submissions.

In particular, there are four issues highlighted by the committee:

   - support for universities in the form of funds to cover article
   processing charges, and the response of universities and HEIs to these
   efforts
   - embargo periods for articles published under the Green model
   - engagement with publishers, universities, learned societies and other
   stakeholders in the development of research council Open Access policies
   and guidance
   - challenges and concerns raised by the scientific and publishing
   communities, and how these have been addressed

The deadline is 18th January.

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