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<div><Apologies for cross posting></div>
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<div>Excellent news from our colleagues at Deakin University who have now adopted an open access policy.</div>
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<div>Official statement from the university:</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><i>Deakin University’s <a href="http://theguide.deakin.edu.au/TheGuide/TheGuide2011.nsf/191d0d51322b3a04ca2576be00064063/7299b3cb34d37e45ca257acb002546a3?OpenDocument" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); "><span style="color: windowtext; ">Research
Conduct Policy</span></a> advocates open access to research.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><i>New policy clauses now require Deakin Researchers to deposit their publications in the University research repository, <a href="http://dro.deakin.edu.au/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); "><span style="color: windowtext; ">DRO</span></a>,
and in doing so agree to the terms and conditions of the DRO deposit agreement. Deakin Researchers have responded positively, quickly returning their agreements. This has resulted in many cases of immediate access to Deakin research publications. The policy
further advocates<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span>open public access to research publications except where this is restricted by copyright law and publisher policy. <o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">The Research Conduct Policy </span><span style="font-size: 14px; "><a href="http://theguide.deakin.edu.au/TheGuide/TheGuide2011.nsf/191d0d51322b3a04ca2576be00064063/7299b3cb34d37e45ca257acb002546a3?OpenDocument">http://theguide.deakin.edu.au/TheGuide/TheGuide2011.nsf/191d0d51322b3a04ca2576be00064063/7299b3cb34d37e45ca257acb002546a3?OpenDocument</a> </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt; "> has
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<td width="605" style="padding-bottom: 10px; "><font size="2" face="Verdana">All refereed publications by University researchers in conferences, journals and books are to be deposited in the </font><a href="http://dro.deakin.edu.au/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none; "><i><font size="2" color="#000080" face="Verdana">Deakin
Research Online (DRO)</font></i></a><i><font size="2" color="#82C168" face="Verdana"> </font></i><font size="2" face="Verdana">repository</font><font size="2" color="#004080" face="Verdana"> </font><font size="2" face="Verdana">and in so doing researchers
agree to the terms and conditions of the </font><a href="http://dro.deakin.edu.au/help/dro-deposit-agreement.pdf" style="color: black; text-decoration: none; "><i><font size="2" color="#000080" face="Verdana">Deakin Research Online (DRO) Deposit Agreement</font></i></a><font size="2" face="Verdana">.</font></td>
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<td width="605" style="padding-bottom: 10px; "><font size="2" face="Verdana">All research publications will be made open access, available to anyone on the web, except where this is restricted by copyright law and publisher policy. If researchers wish material
to not be made publicly available they must lodge a request for it to be confidential.</font></td>
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<td width="605" style="padding-bottom: 10px; "><font size="2" face="Verdana">The University supports the dissemination of research data as freely as practicable, subject to privacy, contractual and intellectual property requirements.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Congratulations. And of course the policy has been added to the AOASG list of Australian institutions with open access policies - <a href="http://aoasg.org.au/resources">http://aoasg.org.au/resources</a>/ </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; ">Danny</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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