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<div><span style="line-height: 1.714285714; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><Apologies for cross posting></span></div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><font color="#444444" face="Open Sans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px; ">What do we need to do to increase usage of Australian repositories? T</span></font><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714285714; background-color: rgb(254, 253, 253); ">he
AOASG has posted a new blog addressing this question:</span></div>
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<div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; ">Four issues restricting widespread green OA in Australia - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia">http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia</a>/ </div>
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<div><span style="line-height: 1.714285714; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; ">Australia is a world leader in many aspects of open access. We have institutional repositories
in all universities, funding mandates with the two main funding bodies, statements on or mandates for open access at a large number of institutions and a large research output available in many open access avenues. A summary of centrally supported initiatives
in this area is</span><span style="line-height: 1.714285714; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "> </span><a href="http://aoasg.org.au/2013/03/19/centrally-supported-open-access-initiatives-in-australia/" style="line-height: 1.714285714; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159); ">here</a><span style="line-height: 1.714285714; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; ">.</span></div>
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However we can do more. This blog outlines four impediments to the widespread uptake of open access in Australia: <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia/#I1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159); ">a
lack of data about what Australian research is available</a>, <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia/#I2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159); ">Copyright
transfer agreements</a>, <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia/#I3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159); ">the academic
reward system</a> and <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/2013/08/15/four-issues-restricting-widespread-green-oa-in-australia/#I2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: rgb(159, 159, 159); ">improved national
discovery services</a>. We suggest some solutions for each of these issues. ….</p>
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Comments welcome.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Dr Danny Kingsley</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Executive Officer</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Australian Open Access Support Group</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">e: <a href="mailto:eo@aoasg.org.au">eo@aoasg.org.au</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">p: +612 6125 6839</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">w: wwww.aoasg.org.au</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">t: @openaccess_oz</p>
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