[GOAL] University-as-publisher goes OA, but fails as University-as-provider

[Andrew A. Adams]

Via the EIFL newsletter:
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OA publishing at Nicolaus Copernicus University
Published: 
26 Jul 2013

Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Poland introduces a mandatory open 
access publishing policy for all NCU journals.

In 2012 an open journal publishing platform (based on OJS) was launched that 
currently hosts 30 open access journals published under Creative Commons 
BY-ND license. Within two years all 40 NCU journals will be openly available 
on this platform.

NCU also encourages open access to all research outputs and open educational 
resources via institutional OA repository, digital library and OER portal to 
promote Polish science and education in the world. The University Library has 
played a significant role in these developments.

Congratulations to Bo\u017cena Bednarek-Michalska, EIFL-OA country 
coordinator, and her NCU colleagues!

http://tinyurl.com/pb763fl

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AAA comment:

However, Nicolaus Copernicus University does not appear to have a Green OA 
Mandate (it has no entry in ROARMAP, at least). SO, while it's activity as a 
publisher in moving to OA is to be lauded, it is likely that its own 
academics produce far more articles in a year than are published in these 40 
journals, and without a mandate many of these articles are probably 
languishing inaccessible behind paywalls at publisher sites.

-- 
Professor Andrew A Adams                      aaa at meiji.ac.jp
Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration,  and
Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan       http://www.a-cubed.info/