Open Access and the ASPP: Policy Position

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-05-27

Summary:

"In October 2013, the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences embarked on a multi-year project to develop an Open Access policy for the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program (ASPP). The initial phase focused on research and information gathering, including a scan of international and Canadian policy and practice, and informal discussions with several groups from Canada and around the world. The next phase focused on drafting a policy position followed by an open consultation period, which took place between May and September 2014. The responses received during the consultation period were synthesized, analyzed, and informed the policy. This document describes the current policy as of April 1, 2015. The policy is based on the following principles: • The Federation supports Open Access; and • A dynamic Canadian scholarly publishing sector continues to be of utmost importance to the dissemination of Canadian research ... Most Open Access discussions to date, both in Canada and internationally, have focused on academic journals. For example, in Canada the Tri-Councils, comprised of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, released an Open Access policy for the dissemination of Tri-Council funded research in journal articles on February 27, 2015.2 The discussion on Open Access and journals is important, but it is not sufficient to inform the discussion on Open Access for scholarly books. Therefore, as part of the research phase of its policy development project, the Federation commissioned a thorough review of international policy and practice of Open Access for monographs. (See Appendix for the report.) This review clearly shows a growing trend worldwide to implement Open Access for monographs whose research and/or publication is supported by public funding. Based on the Federation’s commitment to Open Access and the clear direction of international policy and practice towards Open Access for scholarly books benefiting from public funds, it is the Federation’s position that it is desirable to facilitate Open Access for ASPP-funded books. The Federation believes this would improve access to Canadian scholarship published in the form of monographs, benefiting i) authors whose research will be disseminated more broadly, ii) Canadian, international and independent scholars who will be able to consult Canadian scholarship more easily, and iii) the broader public who will gain access to a broad range of scholarly works that directly address the social, cultural and intellectual debates affecting Canada ..." 

Link:

http://www.ideas-idees.ca/sites/default/files/oa-aspp-policy-position-en.pdf

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oa.new oa.aspp oa.policies oa.canada oa.funders oa.books oa.gold oa.encouragement oa.humanities oa.reports oa.ssh oa.journals

Date tagged:

05/27/2015, 11:59

Date published:

05/27/2015, 07:59