Thanks to Peter Suber's site for pointing out the public support from two organizations that together represent more than 200 academic libraries in North America.
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Open Access
CIHR Releases Draft Open Access Policy
CIHR, Canada's federal health research funding agency, has released new proposed requirements for open access to its funded research. The requirements allow for a maximum six month publication delay before the research is made broadly available. (Hat tip – Heather Morrison)
UK Royal Society Goes Open Access
The Royal Society in London, the world’s oldest learned society, is going open access. If they can do it, why can’t the Canadian funding agencies such as SSHRC?
Open Access and Public Health
The World Health Organization’s regular bulletin includes an interesting editorial on the link between open access and public health.
SSHRC Backtracks on Open Access
Disappointing news from Peter Suber’s excellent Open Access blog, where he reports that the SSHRC has slowed down its quest to adopt open access principles into its research approach. In October 2004, SSHRC decided to move toward an open access approach that would increase access to its (publicly) funded research. Following consultations, the funding agency has now stated that "the idea of open access to all research is widely accepted, but presents a number of implementation obstacles, and the community is by and large cautious. Rather than imposing mandatory requirements on researchers to publish via open access, Council chose to increase awareness of open access, pursue discussions with major stakeholders, and gradually incorporate open access provisions in research support programs."
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