[BOAI] CAUL Statement on Open Scholarship

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the Council of Australian University Librarians.  --Peter
Suber.]


18 October 2010

CAUL STATEMENT ON OPEN SCHOLARSHIP

In September 2004 the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL)
announced its commitment to the goals of open access as a "system of
academic publishing and communication that would enable the rapid and
affordable dissemination of the outcomes of research and scholarship,
and assist with the preservation of the scholarly record for the future"
(CAUL Statement on Open Access, September 2004
<http://archive.caul.edu.au/scholcomm/> ). Since then support for Open
Access has come of age in Australian universities. All of the 83% of
Australian universities that responded to a recent survey now have at
least one institutional repository, 85% mandate deposit of at least some
types of scholarly publications and nearly 40% hold greater than 10,000
records in their repositories.

In early 2010, CAUL established the CAUL Open Scholarship Initiative
(COSI) to assist members with advocacy, collaboration, the sharing of
good practice and the development of knowledge and skills in this
important area. One of the first outcomes of this initiative is the
revision of the Statement on Open Access to a new Statement on Open
Scholarship, which reaffirms CAUL's commitment in this area. The change
in emphasis recognises the increasingly open nature of access to
information in many different formats across all disciplines, research
and scholarly collaboration, and the sharing and re-use of research
data. CAUL is pleased to release this new Statement during Open Access
Week <http://www.openaccessweek.org/> , 18-24 October 2010. This global
event encourages learning, sharing and development of all aspects of
open access.

For more information on the CAUL Open Scholarship Initiative please
contact:

Maxine Brodie maxine.brodie at mq.edu.au +612 9850 7546 Judy Stokker
j.stokker at qut.edu.au +617 3138 1642

http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/open-scholarship
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