There is a real opportunity for Canada to join a worldwide movement to improve the accessibility of research results, and increase the research impact of federal investments....
Recommendation[s]:
That all granting councils and funding agencies implement policies that require their funded researchers make their research publications available free of charge....
That the Canadian government invest in the development of a digital repository infrastructure to support access to research data and publications....
PS: In two past posts (one, two) I've blogged six other pro-OA submissions to the same committee.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/06/2008 12:02:00 PM.
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.
