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<h3>STATEMENT<o:p></o:p></h3>
<h3>Australian Open Access Support Group applauds new ARC open access policy <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">The Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG) applauds the Australian Research Council (ARC) in their implementation of a new open access policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">The ARC
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">posted their open access policy on their website on Monday 7 January. The ARC Open Access Policy
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.arc.gov.au/applicants/open_access.htm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">http://www.arc.gov.au/applicants/open_access.htm</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt"> states:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoQuote"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%">the ARC requires that any publications arising from an ARC supported research project must be deposited into an open access institutional repository within a twelve (12) month period from the
date of publication. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">The AOASG particularly commends the ARC for requiring publications to be made available through institutional repositories. This method of making work open access uses the substantial institutional
repository network in place across Australian institutions. It also avoids the potentially costly result of a mandate that requires publication in open access journals through the payment of article processing charges.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">This policy differs from the “NHMRC revised policy on the dissemination of research findings”
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/policy/dissemination-research-findings"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/policy/dissemination-research-findings</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">
(introduced on 1 July 2012) in two important ways.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Unlike the NHMRC policy which only relates to journal articles resulting from funded research, the ARC policy will apply to all publication outputs resulting from funded research. This
will include books and book chapters which currently have less developed mechanisms for open access copyright clearance than journal articles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">The NHMRC policy took effect from 1 July 2012, and all journal articles from any funded research (regardless of the grant under which it was funded) published after that date are required
to be submitted within 12 months of publication to an institutional repository. The ARC policy is not retrospective, and relates specifically to publications resulting from the Funding Rules and Agreements released after 1 January 2013. This means there will
be a period of some time between the funding allocation and publication of the work. This longer implementation period presents an opportunity to address some of the issues facing researchers who publish in outlets other than journal articles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">The AOASG is a consortium of six Australian universities<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Cambria;
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which supports Australian institutions and researchers by providing information about, and support for, the development and implementation of open access policies. The particular issues facing the humanities and social sciences in the open access debate will
be an early focus for the Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">Still in early implementation phase, the AOASG will have a web presence available shortly.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt">Dated: 14 January 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<h4><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Further information: <o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">Dr Danny Kingsley, Executive Officer AOASG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:danny.kingsley@anu.edu.au"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">danny.kingsley@anu.edu.au</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-AU"> p: 02 6125 6839<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-ansi-language:EN-AU">Australian National University, Charles Sturt University, Macquarie University, Newcastle University, Queensland University of Technology and Victoria University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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