[open-science] House of Lords (UK) Open Access - submissions invited

[Tom Olijhoek]

Peter,

for some reason I  received your mail on this topic just when I had sent
off mine, so I  cross-posted the topic to the lists
Apologies for this

TOM

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Peter Murray-Rust <pm286 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Should we try to get a response together
>
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> Date: Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 8:48 AM
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> SPARC Open Access Forum <SPARC-OAForum at arl.org>
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>
>  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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