The ROARMAP database of Open Access policies

[Stevan Harnad <harnad@ecs.soton.ac.uk>]

                ** Apologies for Cross-Posting **

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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:25:32 +0100
From: Alma Swan <a.swan -- TALK21.COM>
To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM -- LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
Subject: The ROARMAP database of Open Access policies

UCL's Open Access mandate was adopted in October 2008, but only 
announced in June 2009. It would be helpful if all universities 
that adopt mandatory policies on Open Access would register them 
immediately upon adoption in the ROARMAP database 
(http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/).

Being able to see the details of existing policies helps other 
institutions that are developing their own and means that new 
policies are included in summary data like this chart 
(http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090603/full/news.2009.538/box/1.html) 
at the soonest possible moment.

Alma Swan
Key Perspectives Ltd
Truro, UK


On 03/06/2009 13:28, "Stevan Harnad" <amsciforum -- GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> The United Kingdom continues to lead the world in Open Access:
>
>University College London (UCL) <http://www.ucl.ac.uk/> has just 
>adopted the the UK's 22nd (and the world's= 84th mandate to make 
>all of its research output Open Access (by depositing it in 
>UCL's Institutional Repository, UCL Eprints 
><http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/> )

>With its funder mandates and 9 institutional/departmental 
>mandates <http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/> the 
>UK still has the planet's highest proportion of Open Access 
>Mandates.
>
>But the world is catching up

[SNIP]