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Friday, June 16, 2006

Last call to comment on the EC report

If you haven't yet sent in a comment on the EC report and its OA recommendations, it's not too late. The deadline has passed, but the sponsors will still accept comments.

In the 108 page report, Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets in Europe, the recommendations are on pp. 11-13. For a summary, see my SOAN story from May 2 or my blog posting from April 3. Note especially recommendation A1, which would mandate OA for publicly-funded research.

Send your comment to rtd-scientific-publication@cec.eu.int. Even a short comment in support of recommendation A1 would be better than no comment at all. The door may not be open much longer.