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I will react only to the following:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#ff0000">In the interests of clarity and focus I urge the discussants of :</FONT>
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(a) the (undoubted) benefits of giving and getting OA to books,
(b) the proportion of research in each field that is or is not book-based,
(c) the feasibility and resources to subsidize OA book publication
to clearly separate what they are discussing from the topic of mandatory
Green OA self-archiving.
<FONT COLOR="#000000">and I will focus specifically on (b) as applied to open access.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">If we separate these disciplines (all humanities and a good fraction of the social sciences) from the topic of mandatory Green OA self-archiving, where does OA for these disciplines belong? Must we build a separate OA movement for those disciplines?</FONT><BR>
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Personally, I believe such a move would weaken the OA movement greatly, especially since HSS faculty and students represent a large fraction of the total university population.<BR>
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Incidentally, Stevan gives us a very clear example of the very narrow, hyper-focused notion of open access that I worry about when it appears to become exclusive of other disciplinary specifics. Presenting the narrow focus as a possible, tactical, first step (low-hanging fruit theory) is possible and generally positive, but with one important caveat: let us not lose sight of the strategic objectives, and let us not forget about other tactics that may be better suited to some specific situations. Also, let us be aware of the fact that vocabulary that excludes can also alienate. If the advantages gained through a focused and narrow approach such as mandatory Green OA also contribute to making a number of people very uncomfortable, are we not beginning to go down the path leading to repressing heresies and deviationism?<BR>
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In short:<BR>
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1. Mandatory Green OA self-archiving in Stevan's meaning is fine for the disciplines to which it applies;<BR>
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2. Other tactics are also fine, in particular some flavours of Gold (OA journal publishing), and again this depends on the disciplines and the situations;<BR>
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3. Pursuing OA with tactics that amount to leaving most HSS disciplines aside is not acceptable, even when presented as a first step.<BR>
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4. Books can be self-archived, even if it be limited to a dark archive. The same issue exists with articles when publishers refuse self-archiving, or require a long embargo.<BR>
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Jean-Claude Guédon<BR>
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Le samedi 19 janvier 2013 à 07:51 -0500, Stevan Harnad a écrit :
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On 2013-01-18, at 12:49 PM, "Reckling, Falk, Dr." <<A HREF="mailto:Falk.Reckling@fwf.ac.at">Falk.Reckling@fwf.ac.at</A>> wrote:
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Stevan, I do not really understand your distinction.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> a) A book is an article but a bit longer and vice versa.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> (By the way, OA could dissolve that difference.)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> b) At least in some countries, research monographs and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> collected volumes were subsidised for decades by public</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> funders, but just for printing cost while peer review and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> copy editing were usually not offered by the publishers. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Therefore, I see good reasons for a funder to pay more</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> to a publisher but to require also peer review, copy editing</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> and gold OA. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Best, Falk</FONT>
Dear Falk (and others posting on this thread):
What is at issue is whether ARC (or any funder or institution)
can or should MANDATE that authors MUST self-archive their books,
free for all, online (Green OA), just as it is mandated that
authors must self-archive their journal articles, free for all,
online.
We are talking at cross-purposes if we instead talk about:
1. Whether it would be useful if authors self-archived their
books, free for all online
2. Whether it would be useful if subsidizers of the total
cost of books required that the books be made free for
all online
3. Whether online books are sufficiently readable, what
proportion of a field's research publishing is book-based,
how much books vs articles are refereed, etc.
As Arthur has said repeatedly, the real costs of book
publishing are different from the real costs of publishing journal articles:
Institutional journal subscriptions are paying the costs of publishing journal articles;
self-archiving them is a supplement, provided by authors, for those potential
users whose institutions cannot afford access to the publisher's version.
(Some journal publishers try to embargo Green OA because they claim it
would eventually make subscriptions unsustainable, but the reply to that if
that if and when it does, journals can convert to Gold OA, paid for out of
the institutional subscription cancelation savings.)
The cost of paying books is not covered by institutional subscriptions:
Cost-recovery depends on individual sales. It is quite conceivable that making books
free for all online would make it impossible to recover their publishing costs.
Moreover, journal articles are all author give-aways, written for uptake and
impact alone; no author seeks or gets royalties from their sale.
In contrast, some books, at least, are written in the hope of royalty income,
not just author give-aways.
Green OA self-archiving mandates are not about publication subsidies or
Gold OA (mandated or unmandated).
In the interests of clarity and focus I urge the discussants of :
(a) the (undoubted) benefits of giving and getting OA to books,
(b) the proportion of research in each field that is or is not book-based,
(c) the feasibility and resources to subsidize OA book publication
to clearly separate what they are discussing from the topic of mandatory
Green OA self-archiving.
That is what the ARC, EU, Harvard, and MIT Green OA mandates are about.
Stevan Harnad
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> __________________________________________________</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Falk Reckling, PhD</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Social Science and Humanities / Strategic Analysis / Open Access</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Head of Units</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Austrian Science Fund (FWF)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Sensengasse 1</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> A-1090 Vienna</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> email: <A HREF="mailto:falk.reckling@fwf.ac.at">falk.reckling@fwf.ac.at</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Tel.: +43-1-5056740-8301</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Mobil: + 43-699-19010147</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Web: <A HREF="http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/contact/personen/reckling_falk.html">http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/contact/personen/reckling_falk.html</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> ________________________________________</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Von: <A HREF="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">goal-bounces@eprints.org</A> [<A HREF="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">goal-bounces@eprints.org</A>]&quot; im Auftrag von &quot;Stevan Harnad [<A HREF="mailto:harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk">harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk</A>]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Gesendet: Freitag, 18. Jänner 2013 17:07</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> An: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Cc: SPARC Open Access Forum</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Betreff: [GOAL] Re: Statement: Australian Open Access Support Group applauds new ARC open access policy</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Let's please distinguish between (1) mandating (requiring) to do X and (2) offering</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> a subsidy to do X.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Gratis Green OA self-archiving of journal articles can be and is being mandated,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> unproblematically (with the ID/OA Immediate-Deposit/Optional OA compromise).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Finding the money to pay for Gold OA and/or CC-BY and/or for books is</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> another matter, with problems that do not beset mandating ID/OA for articles.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> So let's keep thinking about subsidizing Gold OA and/or CC-BY and/or books.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> But meanwhile, let's mandate ID/OA for articles, unproblematically.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> And let's not handicap those mandates with needless constraints that apply</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> only to Gold, CC-BY, or books.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Stevan Harnad</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> On 2013-01-18, at 10:13 AM, "Reckling, Falk, Dr." <<A HREF="mailto:Falk.Reckling@fwf.ac.at">Falk.Reckling@fwf.ac.at</A>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> I'd like to mention that some funding agencies and initiatives which have already launched some interesting initiatives which fund OA books or are prepared to do it in the future:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> OAPEN: <A HREF="http://www.oapen.org/home">http://www.oapen.org/home</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Austrian Science Fund (FWF): <A HREF="http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/projects/stand_alone_publications.html">http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/projects/stand_alone_publications.html</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> German Research Fundation (DFG): <A HREF="http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/info_wissenschaft_12_53/index.html">http://www.dfg.de/foerderung/info_wissenschaft/info_wissenschaft_12_53/index.html</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> A Consortium Approach to OA Monographs in Sweden: <A HREF="http://www.ep.liu.se/aboutliep/pdf/progress_report_oa_monopraphs.pdf">http://www.ep.liu.se/aboutliep/pdf/progress_report_oa_monopraphs.pdf</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Best,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Falk</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> __________________________________________________</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Falk Reckling, PhD</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Social Science and Humanities / Strategic Analysis / Open Access</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Head of Units</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Austrian Science Fund (FWF)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Sensengasse 1</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> A-1090 Vienna</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> email: <A HREF="mailto:falk.reckling@fwf.ac.at">falk.reckling@fwf.ac.at</A><<A HREF="mailto:falk.reckling@fwf.ac.at">mailto:falk.reckling@fwf.ac.at</A>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Tel.: +43-1-5056740-8301</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Mobil: + 43-699-19010147</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Web: <A HREF="http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/contact/personen/reckling_falk.html">http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/contact/personen/reckling_falk.html</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> ________________________________</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Von: <A HREF="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">goal-bounces@eprints.org</A> [<A HREF="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">goal-bounces@eprints.org</A>]" im Auftrag von "Jean-Claude Guédon [<A HREF="mailto:jean.claude.guedon@umontreal.ca">jean.claude.guedon@umontreal.ca</A>]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Gesendet: Freitag, 18. Jänner 2013 15:19</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> An: <A HREF="mailto:goal@eprints.org">goal@eprints.org</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Cc: SPARC Open Access Forum</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Betreff: [GOAL] Re: Statement: Australian Open Access Support Group applauds new ARC open access policy</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> The issue of books has always been a difficult terrain within the OA community. A narrow interpretation of Open Access tends to limit its reach to journal articles, and this choice has the obvious advantage of leaving the issue of royalties aside. However, it should be remembered that scholars who write scholarly monographs or contribute to scholarly anthologies do not generally do it for money, but for the same kind of goals that scholars do when they publish in articles. Consequently, drawing a red line around the royalty issue is really a moot point in the great majority of case and can be justified only on the ground of wanting to simplify matters to the extreme. At the same time, it must be remembered that books and even anthologies carry more weight in most SSH (social science and humanities) areas. leaving them aside would be like telling scientists that, for whatever reason, publishing in the most prestigious journals cannot be taken into account. And citation trackers, until very recently, have also systematically neglected books despite their obvious importance.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Now, let us look at the issues of books with regard to the ARC policy.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Books do not have “less developed mechanisms for open access copyright clearance than journal articles”. They have better developed mechanisms for copyright transfer, and greater justification for closed access. There is no simple parallel between scholarly book publishing and scholarly journal publishing. The industries are very different, and convergence is slow in coming though we may be starting on that path.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> I believe this statement to be very poorly written. In this I agree with Arthur. But I am not sure that they have greater justification for closed access. And I do not understand why scholarly book publishing and scholarly journal publishing are so vastly different. Book publishing in general, yes; but scholarly book publishing works about the same way as journal publishing (with the minor difference of insignificant royalties). If there are so many justifications for closed access to books, why are some academic presses practising open access? Are they crazy? Unrealistic? Whatever?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> If the ARC policy extends to books, and according to the AOASG statement also to ibooks and ebooks, and to a lesser extent but still importantly book contributions (chapters), then it is easy to predict:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 1. Very few books will be published as the outcomes of a research project. Book publishers incur real costs (editorial, printing, stock and distribution), especially research or review books, and require closed access to recover costs over much longer timeframes than articles. They will simply refuse to publish books that are to be made open access, unless heavily subsidized.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 2. Very few ibooks will be published as outcomes of a research project. Although the iTunes policy is that free ibooks (ie open access) are accepted, most people wanting to publish a research output as an ibook (.iba format for iPad) will want to recover some of their development cost. This will be less significant in the less interactive ...pub format.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 1. It is true that book publishers incur real costs, but so do journal publishers, especially when they maintain a paper version, as is still the case in a majority of SSH journals. Then, even printing, stock and distribution issues are shared by both worlds.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> The life cycle of scholarly books (and articles within anthologies) may or may not be longer than those of journal articles: it all depends on the discipline, and the best proof of this is JSTOR which is a success. But Arthur is not really speaking about life cyles of articles; he is speaking about cost recovery of journals and articles. Actually, given the present price of many scholarly books - anyone looking at catalogues from Sage or similar publishers can confirm this point - few individuals buy them, which means that the scholarly book market depends on library demand as heavily as scholarly journals.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Finally, in many countries (e.g. Canada, France, Italy, etc.), scholarly books are heavily subsidized to the point that, for these books, publishers really face a risk-free world. And not so long ago, most US university presses were in a position to work at a loss, which means that their books were subsidized locally. In fact, ever since Johns Hopkins U. Presss was founded, university presses original mandate was to publish books that could not succeed commercially but were important for the growth of knowledge.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 2. Arthur makes a prediction that does not appear substantiated. If university presses that already practise OA decide to produce eBooks (why limit oneself to iBooks?), they will simply decrease many of their production, storage and distribution costs, and this will help them financially in their effort to promote book OA.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> One has to doubt whether the ARC intends such undesirable consequences, and if it has thought this through. I just mention newspaper articles, video recordings, music scores, film and play scripts, photographs, architectural designs, computer programs, patents, and silicon chip designs, without going into detail.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> I will not speculate on whether ARC has thought the issue through or not, but it is true that scholarly publishing will eventually move across the whole gamut of document types one can imagine, plus the data behind it. However, a scholarly video will maintain with a commercial video the same kind of relationship that a scholarly book maintains with a novel or a cookbook: although superfically alike, they enter entirely different economic circuits and should, therefore, be treated accordingly. Conflating all kinds of codices into one lump does not help thinking through the digital mutation we are experiencing. In fact, if we pushed the argument further, we could say that because scientists use writing in their work, it should be treated like any other form of writing, from a laundry bill to a D. Steele novel. Moving down that road will quickly lead us into absurdities.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> In conclusion, I am not saying that the ARC policy is perfect; but I am saying that policy formulations that do include scholarly books and anthologies make a lot of sense if one is interested in thinking about Open Access as an important tool for the great conversation of knowledge, be it in the STM disciplines, or in SSH. And, once and for all, let us forget about this artificial red line dealing with the royalty issue. In fact, all subsidized, scholarly, books should exclude the possibility of royalties.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Incidentally, mandates for depositing research publications into institutional/central/thematic repositories should clearly extend to SSH publications in whatever form, codex, journals, etc..</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Best,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Jean-Claude Guédon</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Le vendredi 18 janvier 2013 à 00:41 -0500, Stevan Harnad a écrit :</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Many thanks to Arthur Sale for posting this. When I saw these (obvious) howlers in the ARC Policy I assumed the policy-makers (or the policy-writers) had fallen asleep at the wheel (and I gave up).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Let's hope that Arthur's firm and confident corrective will be noticed and heeded.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> The ARC gaffe is nothing compared to the UK's Finch/RCUK gaffe, which was done -- and has since been defended -- with eyes wide shut...</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Stevan Harnad</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Arthur Sale <<A HREF="mailto:ahjs@ozemail.com.au">ahjs@ozemail.com.au</A><<A HREF="mailto:ahjs@ozemail.com.au">mailto:ahjs@ozemail.com.au</A>>> wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Danny</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> I believe this AOASG statement contains an error. It states that the ARC policy applies to all research outputs of an ARC project, including books. While this can be inferred from the text, it is an extraordinary claim which will be ineffective and cannot have been intended by the ARC.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Books do not have “less developed mechanisms for open access copyright clearance than journal articles”. They have better developed mechanisms for copyright transfer, and greater justification for closed access. There is no simple parallel between scholarly book publishing and scholarly journal publishing. The industries are very different, and convergence is slow in coming though we may be starting on that path.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> If the ARC policy extends to books, and according to the AOASG statement also to ibooks and ebooks, and to a lesser extent but still importantly book contributions (chapters), then it is easy to predict:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 1. Very few books will be published as the outcomes of a research project. Book publishers incur real costs (editorial, printing, stock and distribution), especially research or review books, and require closed access to recover costs over much longer timeframes than articles. They will simply refuse to publish books that are to be made open access, unless heavily subsidized.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 2. Very few ibooks will be published as outcomes of a research project. Although the iTunes policy is that free ibooks (ie open access) are accepted, most people wanting to publish a research output as an ibook (.iba format for iPad) will want to recover some of their development cost. This will be less significant in the less interactive .pub format.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> One has to doubt whether the ARC intends such undesirable consequences, and if it has thought this through. I just mention newspaper articles, video recordings, music scores, film and play scripts, photographs, architectural designs, computer programs, patents, and silicon chip designs, without going into detail.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> The statement that “The AOASG particularly commends the ARC for requiring publications to be made available through institutional repositories” is also incorrect, or rather overstated. The ARC policy makes it clear that deposit in a repository is not necessary, if the research output is already available elsewhere on the Internet in an open access form (for example in a subject repository, on a website, in iTunes, in an open access journal, or as an OA article in a hybrid journal). The policy does not mandate open access journals and similar routes (good), but it does not inhibit their natural growth either (also good). It sets institutional repositories as the OA mechanism of ultimate resort, and as a compulsory location for a metadata record and a pointer to an OA full-text.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> One could improve on the ARC policy, of course, in order to improve global discoverability and shorten the excessive embargo delay. The guidelines that will back up the policy will be especially valuable, as these will be more influential on grant recipients than reading between the lines. Just imagine the effect if the policy had stated:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> “the ARC requires that any article publications arising from an ARC supported research project must be open access and globally discoverable within a six (6) month period from the date of publication. Discoverability of the full-text of the publication through Google Scholar is regarded as proof of meeting this requirement.”</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Arthur Sale</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> University of Tasmania</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> From: <A HREF="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">goal-bounces@eprints.org</A><<A HREF="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org</A>> [<A HREF="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org</A><<A HREF="mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org">mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org</A>>] On Behalf Of Danny Kingsley</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Sent: Monday, 14 January 2013 7:38 AM</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> To: <A HREF="mailto:goal@eprints.org">goal@eprints.org</A><<A HREF="mailto:goal@eprints.org">mailto:goal@eprints.org</A>>; <A HREF="mailto:cairss@googlegroups.com">cairss@googlegroups.com</A><<A HREF="mailto:cairss@googlegroups.com">mailto:cairss@googlegroups.com</A>>; <A HREF="mailto:aoasg@mailman.anu.edu.au">aoasg@mailman.anu.edu.au</A><<A HREF="mailto:aoasg@mailman.anu.edu.au">mailto:aoasg@mailman.anu.edu.au</A>></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Subject: [GOAL] Statement: Australian Open Access Support Group applauds new ARC open access policy</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> STATEMENT</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Australian Open Access Support Group applauds new ARC open access policy</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> The Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG) applauds the Australian Research Council (ARC) in their implementation of a new open access policy.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> The ARC posted their open access policy on their website on Monday 7 January. The ARC Open Access Policy <A HREF="http://www.arc.gov.au/applicants/open_access.htm">http://www.arc.gov.au/applicants/open_access.htm</A> states:</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 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.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 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.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> This policy differs from the “NHMRC revised policy on the dissemination of research findings” <A HREF="http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/policy/dissemination-research-findings">http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/policy/dissemination-research-findings</A> (introduced on 1 July 2012) in two important ways.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 1. 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.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> 2. 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.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> The AOASG is a consortium of six Australian universities 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.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Still in early implementation phase, the AOASG will have a web presence available shortly.</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Dated: 14 January 2013</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Dr Danny Kingsley, Executive Officer AOASG</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#737373">>> Australian National University, Charles Sturt University, Macquarie University, Newcastle University, Queensland University of Technology and Victoria University</FONT>
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