RCUK Proposed Policy on Access to Research Output

Connotea Imports 2012-03-13

Summary:

The RCUK released a draft new OA policy for public comment. The policy would require libre OA (under CC-BY licenses), expressly permit text mining, and cap the maximum embargo at six months for the natural sciences (12 months for the social sciences and humanities). If a given publisher will not allow OA on the RCUK's terms, then RCUK-funded authors must find another publisher. If they wish, grantees who choose to publish in fee-based OA journals may use grant funds to pay publication fees. Papers based on RCUK funding must include a "a statement on how underlying research materials [including data] can be accessed...."

Link:

http://www.openscholarship.org/upload/docs/application/pdf/2012-03/rcuk_proposed_policy_on_access_to_research_outputs.pdf

From feeds:

Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) ยป Connotea Imports

Tags:

oa.new oa.data oa.mining oa.ssh oa.mandates ru.do ru.ps oa.uk oa.libre oa.funders oa.embargoes oa.rcuk oa.policies

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

03/13/2012, 09:50

Date published:

03/13/2012, 09:00