[BOAI] Implementing OA - policy cases and comparisons

[Armbruster, Chris]

Dear colleagues,

please allow me to draw your attention to published research on the implementation of open access policy. Now available online:

Armbruster, Chris, Implementing Open Access Policy: First Case Studies. Chinese Journal of Library and Information Science, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp.1-22, 2010. 
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1927772 

=> a concise summary of many of the pioneering (e.g. QUT, Wellcome, Zurich, HHMI, FWF), comprehensive (e.g. PMC, ukPMC, INRIA/France) and international (e.g. SCOAP3) implementation efforts.

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Armbruster, Chris, Open Access Policy Implementation: First Results Compared. Learned Publishing, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2011. 
Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1927775  

=> a comparative evaluation discussing the most salient issues, such policy mandates and matching infrastructure requirements, content capture and the issue of scholarly compliance, benefits to authors, and efforts to provide access and enable usage. 

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The publications are based on extensive case study research and interviews. The original report (in the long form) is also available online:

Armbruster, Chris, Implementing Open Access: Policy Case Studies (October 14, 2010). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1685855 

Best wishes, 

Chris Armbruster