[GOAL] COAR Statement in Support of Open Access - Response to the US White House Office of Science and Technology Policy(OSTP) Consultation

[Mueller, Katharina]

*** Apologies for cross-posting***

 

In January 2012, COAR submitted a brief in response to the White House Office
of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) public consultation on Public Access
to Federally-Funded Research. The COAR position focused on demonstrating that
there is an expanding global network of repositories available to support
open access policies. The brief emphasized that Open Access is an
international movement with strong momentum across the world, and outlined
the importance of repository interoperability across institutions and
borders.

Other topics addressed in the brief include: 

-         Evidence about the economic benefits of providing open access to
research outputs.

-         The costs and benefits of federally mandated Open Access policies.

-         Specific recommendations about the type and nature of Open Access
policies to be implemented. 

The full text of the letter is available here
<http://www.coar-repositories.org/files/ResponseToTheOfficeOfScience_2012-011
.pdf> . 

 

 

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Katharina Mueller

Göttingen State and University Library

electronic publishing - project administration

phone: +49 (0)551- 39 5242

mail: katharina.mueller at sub.uni-goettingen.de 

 

 

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