Recommendations for implementation of Open Access in Denmark

Denmark's Open Access Committee released its recommendations in English. Excerpt: "The Open Access Committee recommends that a national Open Access policy be formulated which encompasses all institutions that do research and/or disseminate research based on total or partial public funding. The point of departure is that as far as possible there must be free access to the results of publicly funded research....The Open Access Committee recommends that all universities and research institutions establish Open Access policies that meet with the requirements of the national Open Access policy....The Open Access Committee recommends that Danish scientific publishers be invited to prepare suggestions as to how Danish periodicals and Danish monographs can be converted to Open Access...."