But having now expressed their principled support, there is absolutely no need for the provosts to wait for the Act's adoption in order to act! This would be an excellent time the provosts to put their support into practice by adopting an institutional self-archiving mandate of their own, at their own universities (and by registering them in ROARMAP for other universities to see and emulate).
Posted by
Peter Suber at 8/04/2006 08:29:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
