A Global View of Open Access – Part 4 | Tony Hey on eScience

"I am very pleased to introduce the fourth article in this series of snapshots of the progress towards open access around the globe. Dr. Danny Kingsley, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Open Access Support Group, summarizes the main OA policy developments and the OA activities that have taken place in Australia during 2013. Australia is clearly playing a leading role in the international OA agenda and have also been pioneering open access to research data. I am now working with Ross Wilkinson of the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) and the newly formed Research Data Alliance (RDA). The year 2013 has clearly been a momentous year for open access to publications and 2014 looks to continue this momentum and make progress on issues to secure meaningful access to research data ..."