An optimal balance of green and gold: what do our stakeholders think? | Optimising resources to develop a strategic approach to Open Access

"Last week Ellen Cole and I travelled up to Edinburgh to take part in the Repository Fringe, an annual event for information professionals, developers, repository and research managers to discuss and share ideas and issues around repositories and open access. Along with the other Jisc OA Pathfinders, we were asked to talk about our project and the work we plan to do. Our workshop focused on a few key questions which have arisen from our project team’s initial discussions as well as the work that we’ve already undertaken around open access advocacy and policy development: In our institutional OA policymaking, do we aim to strike an 'optimal balance' between Green and Gold OA, or do we favour one over the other? Do all stakeholders in our institutions see this the same way as us? As institutions with limited resources to address the challenges posed by OA, can we use these policies to positively influence other aspects of our institutional culture, e.g. publishing behaviour? ..."