<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Members of this list may be interested in reading</span><span style="font-size: 13px; "> a new interview published by COAR.</span><div><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; ">The interview is with the Dr. Alejandor Ceccatto, Secretary of Scientific and Technological Articulation from the Argentinian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Dr Ceccatto was responsible for spearheading the new Open Access law in Argentina and this interview offers greater insight into the legislation and the network of repositories that has been established to support the law.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">"On November 13</span><span style="font-size: 13px; ">th</span><span style="font-size: 13px; ">, 2013, The Argentinian Senate unanimously passed legislation requiring Open Access to publicly funded research outputs. A few days later, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MINCyT) officially launched their national repository network, using the D-NET platform developed by the European DRIVER Project...</span><span style="font-size: 13px; "> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; ">With these developments, Argentina has become a world leader in Open Access and serves as an outstanding example for other countries, both in Latin America and the rest of the world."</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 13px; ">The full interview is available here: <a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/news-media/argentinian-senate-passes-law-requiring-open-access/">https://www.coar-repositories.org/news-media/argentinian-senate-passes-law-requiring-open-access/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Kathleen Shearer</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Executive Director, COAR</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="mailto:kathleen.shearer@coar-repositories.org">kathleen.shearer@coar-repositories.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.coar-repositories.org/">www.coar-repositories.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; ">Skype: kathleen.shearer2</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13px; ">+1 514 847 9068</span></div></div></div></body></html>