<div class="serendipity_entry_body" style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The new <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_public_access_memo_2013.pdf" style="color:rgb(0,51,102)">US OATP Presidential Directive</a> requiring the largest US funding agencies to mandate OA within 12 months of publication is a wonderful step forward for the entire planet.<br>
<br>Here are some crucial implementational details that will maximize the mandates' effectiveness.<blockquote>(1) Specify that the deposit of each article must be in an <em>institutional repository</em> (so the universities and research institutions can monitor and ensure compliance as well as adopt mandates of their own).<br>
<br>(2) Specify that the deposit must be done <em>immediately upon publication</em>.<br><br>(3) Urge (but do not require) authors to make the immediate-deposit immediately-OA.<br><br>(4) Urge (but do not require) authors to reserve the right to make their papers immediately-OA (and other re-use rights) in their contracts with their publishers (as in the Harvard-style mandates).<br>
<br>(5) Shorten, or, better, do not mention allowable OA embargoes at all (so as not to encourage publishers to adopt them).<br><br>(6) Implement the repositories' automated "email eprint request" Button (for embargoed [non-OA] deposits).<br>
<br>(7) Designate repository deposit as the sole mechanism for submitting publications for performance review, research assessment, grant application, or grant renewal.<br><br>(8) Implement rich usage and citation metrics in the institutional repositories as incentive for compliance.</blockquote>
If this is all done universally, universal OA will soon be upon us -- and a global transition to affordable, sustainable Fair-Gold OA (instead of today's premature, double-paid Fool's-Gold), plus as much CC-BY as users need and authors wish to provide -- will not be far behind.</div>
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