[A2k] JISC and partners launch European open access petition

[Barbara Stratton]

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Dear all
Apologies for cross-posting
This online petition comes ahead of an EC conference next month, to be
attended by EU information commissioner, Viviane Reding, and commissioner for
science and research, Janez Potocnik, where open access to research will be
debated.
For further information on the petition see below. To read and sign the
petition as an individual and/or on behalf of your organisation, please go to
http://www.ec-petition.eu/[1]
JISC and partners launch European open access petition
Organised by SPARC Europe, JISC (UK), SURF (Netherlands), the German Research
Foundation (DFG) and Denmark's Electronic Research Library (DEFF), the
petition urges the Commission to follow the lead of other research funding
agencies in mandating the publication of articles arising from EC-related
funding after a given time period in open access archives. It also calls on
the Commission to explore a European-wide approach to policies and practices
surrounding the development of digital repositories as a means of making more
visible the fruits of European research and maximising the return on public
investment in research...
JISC Press Release 18/01/07
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2007/01/news_petition.aspx[2]
See also "Nobel prize winners join calls to open research to all"
Guardian 30/01/07 p22 http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2001554,00.html[3]
Barbara Stratton
Senior Adviser, Copyright at CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and
Information Professionals and Secretary to LACA: the Libraries and Archives
Copyright Alliance
CILIP, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE
Tel: +44 (0)20 7255 0500 Fax: +44 (0)20 7255 0501 Textphone: +44 (0)20 7255
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===References:===
  1. http://www.ec-petition.eu/
  2. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2007/01/news_petition.aspx
  3. http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2001554,00.html