UK Open Access Case Study
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Summary:
"Recent Open Access (OA) policy developments in the United Kingdom (UK) have caused stakeholders such
as universities and academic libraries to have to consider how to adapt to distinct funders OA policies and to
ensure compliance with those policies. Following an independent study on ‘how to expand access to research
publications’, also referred to as the Finch Report, the UK Government adopted a new OA policy and the
Research Councils UK (RCUK) revised their OA policy. The newly adopted OA policies require research
findings to be made OA through publication in open access or hybrid journals (Gold OA). More recently, the
Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announced that its OA policy for the next Research
Evaluation Framework (REF) – the system that assesses UK universities research – will require the deposit of
research findings in institutional or subject repositories (Green OA). By and large, the two distinct paths being
currently promoted by the UK Government and RCUK (Gold OA) and the Funding Councils (Green OA) require
that continued efforts be made to ensure that advice and support are provided to universities, academic libraries
and researchers. They also require that coordinated efforts endure so that progress towards making research
findings freely available online continues. Despite the distinct OA policies adopted by policymakers and national
research funders, the UK’s movement towards OA has been a result of stakeholders coordinated efforts and is
considered a case of good practice ..."
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