BIS Report part one – Findings & implications | Australian Open Access Support Group

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-09-20

Summary:

"The UK House of Commons Business Innovations & Skills (BIS) Committee has been looking into open access and the Report from this investigation suggests that the position that the country has taken on open access should be readdressed. The current UK position is that research should be made available. While this is welcomed by the open access community, the method by which this is achieved is disputed. The UK supports the expensive and unsustainable method of paying for articles to be published open access. This position, reflected in the Research Councils of the UK (RCUK) open access policy , resulted from a report released last June by the Finch committee on open access to UK-funded research. There was considerable disquiet in the open access community at the time of the Finch Report. The AOASG wrote a story about some of the effects the Finch Report and the subsequent RCUK open access policy has had on research accessibility in Australia 'UK’s open access policies have global consequences'  – this was published 17 September in The Conversation UK. This blog will highlight some of the more interesting sections of the BIS Report with some commentary around it. There is also reference to some of the ensuing commentary that has emerged in the UK. The blog has the headings Report purpose, The system is broken, Problems with hybrid, Different embargo periods and Other notable blog commentary. Note this doesn’t mean the remainder of the BIS Report is of no interest. As an excellent summary of many aspects of the open access debate currently, it is worth a read in full if you have the time ..."

Link:

http://aoasg.org.au/2013/09/19/bis-report-part-one-findings-implications/

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oa.journals oa.new oa.business_models oa.publishers oa.comment oa.government oa.green oa.australia oa.uk oa.hybrid oa.reports oa.embargoes oa.bis oa.aoasg oa.repositories

Date tagged:

09/20/2013, 08:50

Date published:

09/20/2013, 04:50