Re: Open access: a must for Wellcome Trust researchers

["Anthony Watkinson" <anthony.watkinson@btopenworld.com>]

Dear Robert

I am glad I put in a caveat.

However there is a suggestion here. To find out this information from the
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A GRANT IS AWARDED you are pointed to another
document WELLCOME TRUST POSITION STATEMENT which then points you to a
third document AUTHORS' GUIDE.

I have over thirty years experience of trying to write documents that will
instruct authors how to present their submissions. Two clicks is too much
for many authors - as I fear it was for me. I suggest that under 6 (iii)
you have a direct link to the AUTHORS' GUIDE and cite the relevant
section.

I think we can agree that there is no advantage in lack of clarity about
policies. I should add however that lack of clarity is often because
companies or organisations have yet to make up their mind.

Anthony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kiley ,Mr Robert" <r.kiley@wellcome.ac.uk>
To: <liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 12:08 AM
Subject: RE: Open access: a must for Wellcome Trust researchers

> Anthony
>
> This information is included in our Authors' Guide and FAQ (see Q.7) -
> available at: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD018855.html
>
> I see this FAQ as a living document and if you - or any other readers to
> liblicence - feel that additional questions need to be posed - please let
> me know and I will do my best to include them (with answers) in the FAQ.
>
> Thanks
>
> Robert Kiley
> Head of Systems Strategy & Acting Librarian
> Wellcome Library.
> Library Web site: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu]On Behalf Of Anthony Watkinson
> Sent: 07 October 2005 01:58
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: Re: Open access: a must for Wellcome Trust researchers
>
> Dear Robert,
>
> This is a most helpful clarification, which, I am sure, will be welcomed
> by the academic community. I do hope the gist of it will be included in
> the instructions on your site. Indeed I am puzzled that it has not always
> been there because this is really basic information. I have to put in a
> qualification here, because, it is my experience, that just because I
> personally cannot find the information, it does not mean that it is not
> there.
>
> Anthony