From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 06:36:41 +0100

Sorry about this Kevin. I thought you were in favour of real mandates (which
of course are possible under staff contracts in many universities) rather
than advisory "mandates" which is what Duke appears to have and for that
matter UCL.

Anthony

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From: Kevin Smith <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 01:22:29 +0000

Anthony and I may have different views on many things, but he has not
articulated one. I certainly do not want to force authors to publish open
access, much as I believe in the benefits of that form of distribution.  At
Duke our OA policy, which sets green open access as the default, had its
origin in a faculty committee and was adopted unanimously by the Academic
Council.  I certainly cannot and did not force any decision on those groups.
And no one is compelled to publish anywhere or with any particular business
model under this policy.  The institution is simply given a license for OA
deposit in our own repository by the copyright holders, who are also able to
waive that license if they wish.

Kevin L. Smith, J.D.
Director of Scholarly Communication
Duke University Libraries
Durham, NC 27708