Joint response to Plan S Implementation Guidelines by the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) & the Australasian Open Access Strategy Group (AOASG) – Australasian Open Access Strategy Group

"Broadly we support the intent of Plan S, however in summary we believe that the implementation guidelines[1] need to pay particular attention to the following issues:

• More thought needs to be given to repository based Green open access and its place as a viable route to Plan S compliance;
• More consideration should be given to the infrastructure needs and costs required for OA publishing envisaged by Plan S along with its potential impacts especially on early career researchers and developing countries;
• Now that Plan S is being adopted, there is a need for continued global consultation on the implementation through a formal mechanism...."