Response to House of Commons Committee Call for Evidence on Open Access | Reciprocal Space

"This week it is the turn of the House of Commons to investigate the UK policy on open access. No-one seems to be quite sure if they are co-ordinating things with the House of Lords, which was looking into this issue only last week, but on the plus side at least all these inquiries mean that OA remains a live topic. I made a submission to the House of Lords committee — outlining what I thought were several key points. Many others did the same. So many in fact that the compiled submissions ran to 320 pages.  To spare the wits of our beleaguered MPs I have therefore prepared a much briefer submission for the House of Commons committee, focusing on just one question. It is laid out below..."