[Open-access] Fwd: [GOAL] Fwd: Business, Innovation and Skills Committee announces inquiry into Open Access

Fri Jan 18 13:25:42 UTC 2013

More UK requests for information on Open Access! These are likely to
destroy various PhD/DPhils if we keep trying to answer them all... But we
have to

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From: David Prosser <david.prosser at rluk.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Subject: [GOAL] Fwd: Business, Innovation and Skills Committee announces
inquiry into Open Access
To: "Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)" <goal at eprints.org>, BOAI
Forum post <boai-forum at ecs.soton.ac.uk>, SPARC Open Access Forum <
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Apologies, as ever, for cross positing.  A new Inquiry on Open Access in
the UK Parliament.  This is a committee of MPs who scrutinise the workings
of our Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).  Universities
and research funding sit under this department.

David

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*From: *"MORRIS, Pam" <MORRISPR at parliament.uk>
*Date: *18 January 2013 12:53:20 GMT
*To: *"MORRIS, Pam" <MORRISPR at parliament.uk>
*Subject: **Business, Innovation and Skills Committee announces inquiry
into Open Access*

*Business, Innovation and Skills Committee*
* *
*Select Committee Announcement No.42*
*Friday 18 January, 2013*
*For immediate release*
* *
*OPEN ACCESS*
* *
*Announcement of Inquiry*
* *
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee today announces its intention
to inquire into the Government’s Open Access policy.
* *
*Written submissions addressing the Committee’s inquiry are invited by
close of business on**7 February 2013. Respondees are requested not to
submit copies of responses to other consultations or to the Finch Report.*
* *
The Committee will consider a range of topics including:

·       The Government’s acceptance of the recommendations of the Finch
Group Report ‘Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand
access to research publications’, including its preference for the ‘gold’
over the ‘green’ open access model;

·       Rights of use and re-use in relation to open access research
publications, including the implications of Creative Commons ‘CC-BY’
licences;

·       The costs of article processing charges (APCs) and the implications
for research funding and for the taxpayer; and

·       The level of ‘gold’ open access uptake in the rest of the world
versus the UK, and the ability of UK higher education institutions to
remain competitive.
Written evidence should be sent to the Committee, *as an MS Word document*,
by e-mail tobiscommem at parliament.uk.  <biscommem at parliament.uk.%20>

A guide for written submissions to Select Committees may be found below:
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/witnessguide.pdf ([image:
PDF] PDF 431 KB)[image: Opens in a new
window]<http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/witnessguide.pdf>

Parties submitting evidence are requested to follow these guidelines. Email
submissions are strongly preferred. If you wish your evidence to remain
confidential, please contact the Committee staff.
* *
*FURTHER INFORMATION:*
* *
*Committee Membership is as follows:*
Chair: Mr Adrian Bailey MP (Lab) (West Bromwich West)
Mr Brian Binley MP (Con) (Northampton South)     Paul Blomfield MP (Lab)
(Sheffield Central)
Katy Clark MP (Lab) (North Ayrshire and Arran)                     Mike
Crockart MP (Lib Dem) (Edinburgh West)
Caroline Dinenage MP (Con) (Gosport)
Julie Elliott MP (Lab) (Sunderland Central)
Rebecca Harris MP (Con) (Castle Point)
Ann McKechin MP (Lab) (Glasgow North)
Mr Robin Walker MP (Con) (Worcester)
Nadhim Zahawi MP (Con) (Stratford upon Avon)
* *
*Committee Website*: www.parliament.uk/bis**
*Media Information*: David Foster fosterda at parliament.uk   020 719 7556
*Specific Committee Information*:  biscom at parliament.uk/ 020 7219 5777/ 020
7219 5779
*Watch committees and parliamentary debates online*:  www.parliamentlive.tv
* *
*Publications / Reports / Reference Material:* Copies of all select
committee reports are available from the Parliamentary Bookshop (12 Bridge
St, Westminster, 020 7219 3890) or the Stationery Office (0845 7023474).
Committee reports, press releases, evidence transcripts, Bills; research
papers, a directory of MPs, plus Hansard (from 8am daily) and much more,
can be found onwww.parliament.uk

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