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UK Research Councils (RCUK) Announce New Open Access Policy

July 16, 2012Gaz Johnsonrcuk1 Comment

In the wake of the Finch Report on the 16th July 2012 the RCUK has finally unveiled their revised Open Access policy, which brings with it a harmonization across the councils as well as introducing significant changes. The policy will apply to all qualifying publications funded entirely or in part by a RCUK source from…

The Finch Report: Optimism, Hope and Frustration for Repository Staff in Equal Measures

June 21, 2012Gaz Johnsonpolicy / position statement / publishers2 Comments

The issue of open access within academia has never been higher during the recent academic spring coupled with the publication of the PEER project results. As a consequence, like most people working in the academic scholarly communications arena, UKCoRR has been awaiting the publication of the Finch Report with heightened anticipation. Given the assemblage of stakeholders…

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