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Archives: RCUK

Diversity in the Open Access Movement, Part 2: Differing Goals

What, if anything, should be done about the fact that the Open Access movement embraces not only a variety of definitions of the term “open access,” but also a diversity of visions as to what constitutes an acceptable future for access to scholarship?

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Jan 24, 2017
  • 9 Comments

What Price Progress: The Costs of an Effective Data Publishing Policy

The hidden costs of data availability policies.

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 13, 2016
  • 8 Comments

Guest Post: Richard Fisher on The Monograph: Keep On Keepin’ On*, Part Two

In Part Two, Richard Fisher looks at the past, the present and the future of monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences.

  • By Richard Fisher
  • Nov 16, 2015
  • 7 Comments

Revisiting: Is Access to the Research Paper the Same Thing as Access to the Research "Results"?

Is access to the research paper really the same thing as access to the research results themselves? Are funding agencies creating a false equivalency by confusing the two? And does this confusion favor researchers in some fields over others? Revisiting a 2013 post to re-examine these questions.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 11, 2015
  • 10 Comments

Quantifying the Costs of Open Access in the UK

A new report, commissioned by London Higher and SPARC Europe, tries to quantify the costs undertaken by UK higher education and public sector research institutions in complying with open access mandates. The resulting numbers are quite interesting.

  • By Rick Anderson
  • Dec 8, 2014
  • 37 Comments

Indirect Economic Impacts of Public Access Policies for Journals

What happens to non-subscription revenue streams under funding agency public access policies? Will broadening access to articles result in higher subscription prices?

  • By David Crotty
  • Jan 8, 2014
  • 28 Comments

Rolling Back Gold Open Access in the UK

The UK government’s Business, Innovation and Skills Committee issued a report this week that offers a harsh rebuke to the RCUK’s proposed plans to drive the adoption of Open Access (OA) publishing in scholarly journals.

  • By David Crotty
  • Sep 11, 2013
  • 91 Comments

Is Access to the Research Paper the Same Thing as Access to the Research "Results"?

Is access to the research paper really the same thing as access to the research results themselves? Are funding agencies creating a false equivalency by confusing the two? And does this confusion favor researchers in some fields over others?

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 6, 2013
  • 27 Comments

BBC Contemplating Reality TV Show to Decide How Research Councils UK Block Grants Are Dispersed

Leaked emails show the the BBC and certain university administrators have been contemplating launching a competition reality television show based on the APC allocation battles the RCUK OA policy will create.

  • By David Smith
  • Apr 1, 2013
  • 4 Comments

Whoops! Are Some Current Open Access Mandates Backfiring on the Intended Beneficiaries?

OA mandates like the RCUK mandate seem to have aspects that actually put the burdens of OA on the academics, universities, taxpayers, and scientists they were meant to help.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 12, 2013
  • 31 Comments

The RCUK Open Access Policy Is Revised — Complexity, Confusion, and Conflicting Messages Abound

After a great deal of public and political resistance, the RCUK revises its OA policy. Unfortunately, the revisions only highlight the same problems, sow more confusion, and reveal how central the issue of academic freedom is to this approach.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Mar 7, 2013
  • 28 Comments

Finch Acknowledges Open Access Could Harm Learned Societies

Dame Janet Finch admits OA will cause problems for learned societies. What does that portend, especially when viewed alongside more backlash?

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jan 22, 2013
  • 4 Comments

Complying with the RCUK Mandate . . . Or Not

Every scholarly publisher in the world suddenly has less that a year to decide what to do with article submissions from the UK. The new Research Council UK (RCUK) mandate applies to all articles submitted beginning April 1, 2013. Do […]

  • By David Wojick
  • Jul 23, 2012
  • 24 Comments

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