<html><head><base href="x-msg://188/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Apologies, as ever, for cross positing. A new Inquiry on Open Access in the UK Parliament. This is a committee of MPs who scrutinise the workings of our Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Universities and research funding sit under this department.<div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"MORRIS, Pam" <<a href="mailto:MORRISPR@parliament.uk">MORRISPR@parliament.uk</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">18 January 2013 12:53:20 GMT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"MORRIS, Pam" <<a href="mailto:MORRISPR@parliament.uk">MORRISPR@parliament.uk</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Business, Innovation and Skills Committee announces inquiry into Open Access</b><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 20pt; ">Business, Innovation and Skills Committee</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; "> </span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; ">Select Committee Announcement No.42</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Friday 18 January, 2013</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: red; ">For immediate release</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> </span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">OPEN ACCESS</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> </span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Announcement of Inquiry</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> </span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee today announces its intention to inquire into the Government’s Open Access policy. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> </span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Written submissions addressing the Committee’s inquiry are invited by close of business on</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">7 February 2013. Respondees are requested not to submit copies of responses to other consultations or to the Finch Report.</span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> </span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">The Committee will consider a range of topics including:</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; "> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; ">The Government’s acceptance of the recommendations of the Finch Group Report ‘Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand access to research publications’, including its preference for the ‘gold’ over the ‘green’ open access model;</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; ">Rights of use and re-use in relation to open access research publications, including the implications of Creative Commons ‘CC-BY’ licences;</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; ">The costs of article processing charges (APCs) and the implications for research funding and for the taxpayer; and</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 36pt; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; font-family: Symbol; "><span>·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px; ">The level of ‘gold’ open access uptake in the rest of the world versus the UK, and the ability of UK higher education institutions to remain competitive.</span></p><div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">Written evidence should be sent to the Committee,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>as an MS Word document</b>, by e-mail to</span><a href="mailto:biscommem@parliament.uk.%20" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; ">biscommem@parliament.uk.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt; 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