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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma">"<i>We further believe that mechanisms for
reducing - or eliminating - embargo periods should be included in any Open
Access policy</i>." </span></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma">The two further mechanisms to reduce/eliminate and above all detoxify OA embargoes are </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma">(1) to require institutional repository <i>deposit</i> immediately upon acceptance for publication (whether or not OA is embargoed)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma"> and </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Tahoma">(2) to implement the institutional repository's <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/RequestCopy">email eprint request</a> <a href="http://wiki.eprints.org/w/RequestEprint"><b>Button</b></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:15px">Stevan Harnad</span></font></p>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Richard Poynder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ricky@richardpoynder.co.uk" target="_blank">ricky@richardpoynder.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Forwarding from SPARC.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Shawn Daugherty <<a href="mailto:shawn@arl.org" target="_blank">shawn@arl.org</a>>; <br>
<b>To: </b><<a href="mailto:sparc-opendata@arl.org" target="_blank">sparc-opendata@arl.org</a>>; <br><b>Subject: </b>[sparc open data] Statement on Embargo Periods issued by SPARC and International Organizations (sent on behalf of Heather Joseph) <br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wed, May 14, 2014 1:05:16 PM <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Folks,<br><br>Earlier today, SPARC, along with several other major international organizations committed to promoting the principle of Open Access, issued the attached statement in support of the immediate availability of articles, and clarifying our long-held position on the use of embargo periods as a transition mechanism.<br>
<br>As the adoption of Open Access policies continues to grow around the world, we recognize the importance of working closely with our colleagues around the globe to ensure that institutional, state, national and international policies are in close alignment.<br>
<br>Please feel free to distribute this statement to your colleagues, and to encourage other organizations who support this statement to become signatories to it as well. Organizations can add their support by visiting this website: </span><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/?p=3989" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">https://www.coar- repositories.org/?p=3989</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<br>Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about this statement.<br><br>All the best,<br>Heather<br><br>Heather Joseph,<br>Executive Director, SPARC</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
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