Monday, 16th July 2012

UK: Government to open up publicly funded research

Source: Department for Business Innovation & Skills (UK)

From Press Notice:

The Government will widely accept the recommendations in a report on open access by Dame Janet Finch, a move which is likely to see a major increase in the number of taxpayer funded research papers freely available to the public.

Currently most formally published research is only available behind restricted paywalls. Reforms will see publications opened up to a greater audience, providing more opportunities for research and development across a range of sectors. They will also support the commercial exploitation of research, contributing to the Government’s economic growth agenda...

Among the recommendations that have been accepted by the Government are:
Moving to deliver open access through a ‘gold’ model, where article processing charges are paid upfront to cover the cost of publication.

Introducing walk-in rights for the general public, so they can have free access to global research publications owned by members of the UK Publishers’ Association via public libraries.

Extending the licensing of access enjoyed by universities to high technology businesses for a modest charge.

+ Government Response to the Finch Group Report (PDF; 93 KB)

+ Press Release

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• Postsecondary (DocuTicker)
• Science (DocuTicker)
• Taxation (DocuTicker)
• Technology (DocuTicker)
• United Kingdom (DocuTicker)

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By Adrian Janes

Having begun his career in academic libraries, Adrian Janes is currently an Information Services Librarian with the London Borough of Havering.

In this role, he has particular responsibility for information from both the UK Government and the European Union. He wrote a detailed report on sources for the latter which was published by Free Pint Ltd. in 2007. He is also involved in training and publicising online reference resources and is a regular contributor to DocuTicker.

Adrian can be reached at adrian.janes@freepint.com

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