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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">As posted by Stevan Harnad, Sander Dekker, the Dutch secretary of education favours Gold OA. The news came this morning in the newspaper De Volkskrant. If universities do not show enough commitment he says he will
start mandating through a law in 2016. Of course there are few details yet, as news just broke today. On December 4 the House of Commons (Tweede Kamer) education committee will have this proposal on the agenda. To me the timing of the secretary's proposal
came as a surprise. I do not know who he has been talking to in preparing this. The choice for Gold OA is based on the perceived broad acceptance of Finch I in UK. No reactions yet from Universities Association (VSNU) or from NWO (the Dutch RCUK). I do worry
that House education committee members will have little grasp of OA debate details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Volkskrant article: </span><a href="http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2672/Wetenschap-Gezondheid/article/detail/3546053/2013/11/16/Wetenschap-moet-vanaf-2016-gratis-verkrijgbaar-zijn.dhtml"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2672/Wetenschap-Gezondheid/article/detail/3546053/2013/11/16/Wetenschap-moet-vanaf-2016-gratis-verkrijgbaar-zijn.dhtml</span></a><span lang="EN-US">
(in Dutch)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Proposal: </span><a href="http://www.tweedekamer.nl/downloads/document/index.jsp?id=800cfe0c-51e1-4697-8134-c9a9a56fdebf&title=Toezegging%20over%20verdere%20ontikkelingen%20open%20acces%20van%20wetenschappelijke%20publicaties.doc"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.tweedekamer.nl/downloads/document/index.jsp?id=800cfe0c-51e1-4697-8134-c9a9a56fdebf&title=Toezegging%20over%20verdere%20ontikkelingen%20open%20acces%20van%20wetenschappelijke%20publicaties.doc</span></a><span lang="EN-US">
(in Dutch)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Agenda House Education Committee December 4:
</span><a href="http://www.tweedekamer.nl/vergaderingen/commissievergaderingen/details/index.jsp?id=2013A05188"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.tweedekamer.nl/vergaderingen/commissievergaderingen/details/index.jsp?id=2013A05188</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> (in
Dutch and without any details)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Jeroen Bosman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Utrecht University Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> goal-bounces@eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stevan Harnad<br>
<b>Sent:</b> zaterdag 16 november 2013 20:35<br>
<b>To:</b> Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> LibLicense-L Discussion Forum; jisc-repositories<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [GOAL] Alert: Some coordinated action from the Big Publishing Lobby in the UK & Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Finch II has obviously timed its press release Monday to coincide with a similar one from the other home-base of Reed-Elsevier, the Netherlands:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">Here are some quick Google Translation excerpts from just-released the Dutch Gold OA Manifesto, clearly timed to coincide with Finch II's reaffirmation of its
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt;background:#F8F8F8"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">I'll comment on Finch II shortly. The publishing Lobby is obviously in overdrive -- Gold mandates, pre-emptive payment,
hybrid Gold, Extended Big Deals to sustain current revenue levels during "transition"… ---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt;background:#F8F8F8"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">But don't worry, there is neither the money nor the imbecility worldwide to buy into such a publisher fantasy scheme.
It is no coincidence that this drive is coming from UK & Netherlands where the big publishers and their lobbyists are based. (in the US, all they have is the FIRST Act.) The nuclear weapon that will defend against this is…: The Immediate-Deposit Mandate &
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">Excerpts from </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://t.co/BCEXH3YmCd"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#427FED;text-decoration:none">http://t.co/BCEXH3YmCd</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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archive ( repository ). There are both discipline-based and university-based repositories. The system of paid subscriptions to journals continues. Publishers often negotiate embargo periods that can range from several months to several years before an article
can be made OA through a repository. During the embargo period, only the paid version of the journal accessible. This constitutes a source of revenue for publishers. Moreover, there are publisher restrictions on the version of an article in the repository.
Sometimes this may only be the version that has not yet been peer reviewd...</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#404040">"In the UK, a national committee chaired by Dame Janet Finch laid the foundation for the Open Access policy of the United Kingdom. The report of the Commission
Finch serves as a solid standard . It contains a thorough analysis of developments and progress. The Committee notes that due to the major changes it is imperative that all players act together and she advises to achieve by focusing on Open Access journals.
Transition Following this advice, the British government earmarked 10 million pounds for Open Access. The initial signs indicate that this has not led to an accelerated transition , but rather a continuation of the transition...</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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is to achieve OA within ten years: a full transition to Open Access Golden Road by 2024. to achieve this, at least 60 percent of the scientific publications Open Access should be available in about five years through the Gold OA journals...</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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to the United Kingdom and Germany . This is because there are a large number of important commercial and academic publishers in the Netherlands and in these two countries i. In addition, Denmark, Finland, Belgium and France are leading like-minded countries...</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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