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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you to all of the people who have responded to my query about the Peru open access policy. It sounds like there is great momentum in the region which is excellent – and a coordinated process for harvesting materials from repositories.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am intending to add the following to the Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG) webpage ‘Statements about OA in Australia and the World’ -
<a href="http://aoasg.org.au/statements-on-oa-in-australia-the-world/">http://aoasg.org.au/statements-on-oa-in-australia-the-world/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If I have mis-represented the situation please let me know.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Danny<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Peru Congress passes OA legislation – March 2013<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Peru Congress has passed legislation (</span><a href="http://www2.congreso.gob.pe/sicr/comisiones/2012/com2012ciencia.nsf/0/cb7c863ded37261e05257b3b007c029c/$FILE/1188_Sustitutoria_27MAR2013.pdf">http://www2.congreso.gob.pe/sicr/comisiones/2012/com2012ciencia.nsf/0/cb7c863ded37261e05257b3b007c029c/$FILE/1188_Sustitutoria_27MAR2013.pdf</a>)
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> to </span>establish the legal and regulatory framework for an Open Access National Digital Repository for output from publicly funded science, technology and innovation activities.
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The legislation states deposit is mandatory for any research output (articles, technical reports, doctoral thesis, books, book chapters, software, data and others) from projects funded by the Government. The
legislation requires deposit of metadata and a copy of the work into the National Digital Repository.</span>
<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The work is to be made available after observation of any embargo period (without specifying periods).
</span>The details of the law are available (in Spanish): <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/ernestoq1973/proyecto-de-ley-repositorio-digital-de-acceso-abierto-de-ciencia-tecnologa-e-innovacin">http://www.slideshare.net/ernestoq1973/proyecto-de-ley-repositorio-digital-de-acceso-abierto-de-ciencia-tecnologa-e-innovacin</a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dr Danny Kingsley</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Australian Open Access Support Group (AOASG)</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><a href="mailto:danny.kingsley@anu.edu.au"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">danny.kingsley@anu.edu.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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