From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:31:04 -0600

The simplest way to ensure open access to publicly funded research is
to require every researcher to file a file report on the research
funded, which would then be posted on a government-controlled site.
This is much different, of course, than saying that authors should be
required to post their journal articles on such sites.

Sandy Thatcher


At 8:26 PM -0500 12/11/11, LIBLICENSE wrote:
>
> From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:00:56 +0000
>
>
> The UK Government has just published its Innovation and Research
> Strategy for Growth, outlining how it will support research and
> development through the UK's universities:
>
> http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/innovation/docs/i/11-1387-innovation-and-research-strategy-for-growth.pdf
>
> Of particular interest to readers of this list will be section 6.6
> onwards which deal with access to research outputs.  To quote:
>
> "The Government, in line with our overarching commitment to
> transparency and open data, is committed to ensuring that
> publicly-funded research should be accessible free of charge. Free and
> open access to taxpayer-funded research offers significant social and
> economic benefits by spreading knowledge, raising the prestige of UK
> research and encouraging technology transfer. At the moment, such
> research is often difficult to find and expensive to access. This can
> defeat the original purpose of taxpayer-funded academic research and
> limits understanding and innovation. ... But we need to go much
> further if, as a nation, we are to gain the full potential benefits of
> publicly-funded research."
>
> Taken together with the UK's Science Minister's recent interview in
> the Guardian:
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/08/publicly-funded-research-open-access
>
> this signifies the strongest commitment to open access we have seen
> from the UK Government.
>
> David