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