From: Stevan Harnad <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:32:55 -0400

Kudos to the University of Oxford!

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Oxford prepares for ‘Act on Acceptance’

We are continuing as planned with preparations for a single, simple
message for open access: Act on Acceptance. Over the summer, we are
putting in place mechanisms to ensure all researchers employed by the
collegiate University are able to deposit their article manuscripts in
our repository ORA within 3 months of acceptance by the journal - to
meet HEFCE’s OA requirements and the general push to improve the
accessibility of research.

Research Services, the Libraries and IT Services are in the middle of
this work, and will be producing materials and guidance for
departments & researchers from Autumn 2015. This is when our campaign
around ‘act on acceptance’ will begin so as to be ready for HEFCE’s
policy start date of 1 April 2016. We will provide further information
later in the summer.

If you have any questions please contact our email helpline:
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