[GOAL] UK HEFCE/REF Open Access Policy FAQs

[Stevan Harnad]

HEFCE/REF have updated the FAQs for their Open Access Policy:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/faq/

The HEFCE/REF OA policy is excellent: very well thought out, clearly
explained, and implementable by one and all (both institutions and
funders).

It is an implementation of the Liège model for aligning and harmonizing all
OA policies, and especially for the all-important evaluation/assessment
contingencies as well as compliance-monitoring.

In my view, by far the fastest and surest way to reach universal OA
globally is for all institutions and funders to adopt this model.

Here are what I think are the three most important of the FAQ items for the
HEFCE/REF OA Policy:


*3. What is meant by the date of acceptance? (NEW)*
<http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/faq/#>


*5. Why does the policy state that deposit on acceptance is required?*
<http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/faq/#>


*37. What supporting information and evidence of meeting the deposit,
discovery, access and exceptions should institutions retain?*
<http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/faq/#>


(Unmentioned, but all-important too, is the fact that although all the
articles deposited immediately upon acceptance may not be immediately OA,
they are nevertheless immediately accessible once deposited in the
institutional repository, via the repositories' copy-request Button (eprints
<http://wiki.eprints.org/w/RequestEprint>, dspace
<https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/RequestCopy>), with one click
from the requestor and one click from the author.)

*Stevan Harnad*

Begin forwarded message:

>
> *Date: *February 10, 2015 at 9:02:59 AM GMT-5
> *From: *"Ben Johnson (HEFCE)" <b.johnson at HEFCE.AC.UK>
> *Subject: **Update to REF Open Access FAQs*
> *To: *JISC-REPOSITORIES at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I write to let you know that the FAQs for the Policy for Open Access in
> the next REF have just been updated:
> http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/faq/
>
> New questions are marked as ‘NEW’.
>
> I’m aware this email is going to a fairly large group, so we’re looking to
> establish a more effective means of keeping you updated about these
> changes. We’ll be in touch about this. In the meantime, I’d be very
> grateful if you could pass this to the relevant contact within your
> institution.
>
> As ever, if you have any queries about this, please email
> openaccess at hefce.ac.uk
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ben
>
>
> *Ben Johnson*Policy Adviser (Research)
> HEFCE, Northavon House,
> Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QD
> 0117 931 7038
> b.johnson at hefce.ac.uk
> www.hefce.ac.uk
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