Boston University Adopts Opt-Out Open Access Policy | LJ INFOdocket

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-04-06

Summary:

"Following the example of 23 of its peers in the Association of American Universities (AAU) and strengthening its commitment to the widest possible online sharing and dissemination of its research and scholarship, Boston University has adopted an Opt-Out Open Access policy for faculty scholarly articles. The policy, which was recommended by the Faculty Council and approved by the University Council, went into effect in mid-February. Under the opt-out policy, deposits into the OpenBU repository of final author manuscripts of peer-reviewed and other scholarly articles would be the default, and open access to the materials a matter of course unless a faculty member opts out by completing a waiver form on a per-article basis. Such waivers would be granted automatically ..."

Link:

http://www.infodocket.com/2015/03/25/boston-university-adopts-opt-out-open-access-policy/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.mandates oa.ir oa.green oa.boston.u oa.repositories oa.policies oa.announcements

Date tagged:

04/06/2015, 11:09

Date published:

04/06/2015, 07:09