[GOAL] New blog: Four issues restricting widespread green OA in Australia

[Danny Kingsley]

<Apologies for cross posting>

Hi all,

What do we need to do to increase usage of Australian repositories? The AOASG has posted a new blog addressing this question:

Four issues restricting widespread green OA in Australia - http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia/

Australia is a world leader in many aspects of open access. We have institutional repositories in all universities, funding mandates with the two main funding bodies, statements on or mandates for open access at a large number of institutions and a large research output available in many open access avenues. A summary of centrally supported initiatives in this area is here<http://aoasg.org.au/2013/03/19/centrally-supported-open-access-initiatives-in-australia/>.


However we can do more. This blog outlines four impediments to the widespread uptake of open access in Australia: a lack of data about what Australian research is available<http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia/#I1>, Copyright transfer agreements<http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia/#I2>, the academic reward system<http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia/#I3> and improved national discovery services<http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia/#I2>. We suggest some solutions for each of these issues. ….

Comments welcome.

Danny
Dr Danny Kingsley
Executive Officer
Australian Open Access Support Group
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