Research Councils Back Free Online Access
Donald MacLeod,
Jun 29, 2005
Something for my own agency and funding agencies in Canada, where I've been agitating for a similar policy. "Research Councils UK (RCUK), the umbrella body for the eight research councils, are proposing that researchers must archive their papers arising from the work they fund in openly available repositories." The Publishers' Association, naturally, objects. Tough. The taxpayers have paid for the research; it takes some nerve to charge them again (much less at prices no average citizen could afford).
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