Importance of Request-Copy Button in Implementing HEFCE/REF Immediate-Deposit Policy

Amsciforum 2014-05-17

Summary:

o derive the full benefit of the HEFCE/REF immediate-deposit policy it is important that all UK universities also implement the email copy-request Button.

This ensures that researchers worldwide can immediately request (and authors can immediately provide, with one click each) a single copy of closed-access deposits for research purposes even during a publisher OA embargo period.

What makes the HEFCE/REF OA policy so important and powerful is that it ensures that all final drafts are deposited immediately, rather than only after a publisher OA embargo period has elapsed. The Request-Copy Button in turn ensures that the immediate-deposit does not lie fallow for a year.

Link:

http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/1110-.html

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Date tagged:

05/17/2014, 20:46

Date published:

05/17/2014, 16:46