The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), and Science Commons have released a new white paper - Open Doors and Open Minds: What faculty authors can do to ensure open access to their work through their institution. The paper will assist institutions in adopting policies that ensure the widest practical exposure for scholarly works produced, such as that adopted by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences in February.
Co-authored by SPARC and Science Commons, the white paper is seen as a how-to guide for faculty, administrators, and advocates formulating an institutional licence grant that delivers open access to campus research outputs. The paper details the motivations behind the Harvard policy, offers a concise explanation of U.S. Copyright Law and how it relates to the scholarly publishing process, and makes specific suggestions for faculty and advocates to pursue a campus-wide policy. The guide offers a detailed plan of action, a series of institutional licence options, and a 10-point list of actions for realising a policy and adopting the right University License to meet the institution's particular needs.
The paper also recommends mandatory deposit of articles in institutional repositories. Mandatory deposit may be adopted regardless of the licensing policy chosen. 'Open Doors and Open Minds' and the 10-step action list is openly available on the SPARC Web site at http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/guides/opendoors_v1.shtml.
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