Thanks for catching the typo Reme: 1+ should have read ... "(despite RCUK's preference for *Gold*)<div><br></div><div>Hope it was obvious to readers from context.</div><div><br></div><div>Stevan Harnad<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:20 AM, Reme Melero <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rmelero@iata.csic.es" target="_blank">rmelero@iata.csic.es</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear Strevan,<br>
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Are you sure about the first positive point, the policy say s ( it
seems the preference is for the gold route):<br>
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(iii) There are various models for achieving open access, some of which
allow more immediate access. RCUK has a preference for immediate,
unrestricted, on-line access to peer-reviewed and published scholarly
research papers, free of any access charge and with the maximum
opportunities for re-use. <b>We will be supporting this preference
with block grants to eligible research organisations in order to fund
the associated article processing charges (APCs). This is commonly
referred to as the ‘Gold’ route to Open Access.</b> Although we have
this preference, a mixed approach to Open Access is consistent with our
policy, and the ultimate decision on which model to follow remains at
the discretion of the researcher and their institution.<br>
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Best wishes<br>
Reme-- <br>
<pre cols="72">Reme Melero
Científico Titular CSIC
IATA
Avda Agustin Escardino 7, 46980 Paterna, Valencia
Tel 963900022 ext 3121
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El 06/03/2013 13:58, Stevan Harnad escribió:
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<div>The revised <a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/2013news/Pages/130305.aspx" target="_blank">RCUK
OA mandate</a> has some <b style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><font color="#4f7a28">positive</font></b> and <b style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><font color="#ff6251">negative</font></b> points:</div>
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<div><b><font color="#4f7a28">(+1) It is now clear that the RCUK
author is free to choose either Green or Gold (despite RCUK's
preference for Green). </font></b></div>
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<div><b><font color="#ff6251">(-2) No Green compliance-monitoring
nor consequences for non-compliance (only Gold-uptake-monitoring). </font></b></div>
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<div><b><font color="#ff6251">(-3) Deposit need not be immediate
(can wait till end of OA embargo).</font></b></div>
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</font></b></div>
<div><b><font color="#ff6251">(-4) Deposit need not be in
institutional repository (hence institutions not engaged to monitor and
ensure compliance).</font></b></div>
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</font></b></div>
<div><b><font color="#ff6251">(-5) Deposit can be done by </font></b><font color="#ff6251"><b>publisher instead of author
(hence compliance monitoring even more uncertain).</b></font></div>
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<div><b><font color="#4f7a28">(+6) The <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce/content/news/news/2013/open_access_letter.pdf" target="_blank">proposed
HEFCE/REF mandate</a> to deposit in institutional repository
immediately upon acceptance for eligibility for REF, if adopted, will
help remedy some of RCUK mandate's shortcomings on ensuring compliance.</font></b></div>
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<div>HEFCE/REF is urged to adopt its proposed mandate</div>
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<div>RCUK is urged to further revise its mandate to make it
compatible with the proposed HEFCE/REF mandate: </div>
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<div>require immediate-deposit</div>
<div>of the author's refereed final draft</div>
<div>in the author's institutional repository</div>
<div>immediately upon acceptance for publication</div>
<div>regardless of whether or how long open access to the deposit
is embargoed</div>
<div>and regardless of whether the journal is Gold OA or
subscription-based</div>
<div>(institutional deposits can be automatically
harvested/imported/exported to central repositories)</div>
<div>(repositories' email-eprint-request Button can facilitate
Almost-OA during embargoes)</div>
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<div>Universities and research institutions as well as other research
funders are also urged to adopt or modify mandates to require
verifiable immediate-deposit of all journal articles published by their
researchers, in all disciplines.</div>
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<div>Once this complementary funder/institutional Green OA mandate
model is globally adopted, universal OA will soon follow.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Stevan Harnad</div>
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On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:56 AM, Richard Poynder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:richard.poynder@btinternet.com" target="_blank">richard.poynder@btinternet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Research
Councils UK (RCUK) has today (6 March 2013) published the latest
version of its guidance for its revised <i>Policy on Open Access</i>,
which comes in to effect on 1 April 2013.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">This
latest version draws the policy and the guidance together into one
document and aims to give researchers, research organisations as well
as publishers further clarity on the implementation of the policy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">RCUK
is keen to continue to engage with its stakeholders on the development
of the guidance, so is inviting organisations to provide further input
to this version where aspects may still not be clear. RCUK will then
revise the guidance further to take into account these clarifications.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">More
here: <a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/2013news/Pages/130305.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/2013news/Pages/130305.aspx</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
document is available (as a pdf file) here: <a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/RCUKOpenAccessPolicyandRevisedguidance.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/documents/documents/RCUKOpenAccessPolicyandRevisedguidance.pdf</a></span></p>
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