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This is a top-down policy from the Government’s (via the [http://www.researchinfonet.org/publish/finch/ Finch Report]), the Research Councils, and other funding bodies, but it follows years of campaigning by a grass-roots movement of academics and librarians. Open Access made headlines last year in what the Guardian dubbed “[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Spring the Academic Spring]”, when many academics started a boycott of journals that lock research papers behind a “paywall”. | This is a top-down policy from the Government’s (via the [http://www.researchinfonet.org/publish/finch/ Finch Report]), the Research Councils, and other funding bodies, but it follows years of campaigning by a grass-roots movement of academics and librarians. Open Access made headlines last year in what the Guardian dubbed “[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Spring the Academic Spring]”, when many academics started a boycott of journals that lock research papers behind a “paywall”. | ||
The official policy is a huge step forward for open access in the UK, and comes at a time when the European Commission has [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/era-communication-towards-better-access-to-scientific-information_en.pdf announced its own OA policy]. Just last | The official policy is a huge step forward for open access in the UK, and comes at a time when the European Commission has [http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/era-communication-towards-better-access-to-scientific-information_en.pdf announced its own OA policy]. Just in the last few weeks the White House [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/02/22/expanding-public-access-results-federally-funded-research announced a new policy] to make the reports of taxpayer-funded research openly available. | ||
These developments affect whether the public can access reports of taxpayer-funded research without meeting a paywall. The UK policy affects new research papers, not those already published. It also affects how research is licensed: whether you and I have rights to copy and adapt the text or images of a paper. | These developments affect whether the public can access reports of taxpayer-funded research without meeting a paywall. The UK policy affects new research papers, not those already published. It also affects how research is licensed: whether you and I have rights to copy and adapt the text or images of a paper. | ||
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