[Irtalk] Fwd: [EIFL-OA] Major international associations reaffirm their support for immediate OA to research articles

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From: Iryna Kuchma <iryna.kuchma at eifl.net>
Date: 20 October 2014 18:16
Subject: [EIFL-OA] Major international associations reaffirm their support
for immediate OA to research articles
To: hilton.gibson at gmail.com
Cc: EIFL - Open Access program announcement and discussion list <
eifloa at lists.eifl.net>


In May 2014 EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) has joined other
major international associations such as COAR
<https://www.coar-repositories.org/> (Confederation of Open Access
Repositories), LIBER <http://libereurope.eu/> (Ligue des Bibliothèques
Européennes de Recherche - Association of European Research
Libraries), National
Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, <http://english.las.cas.cn/>
OpenAIRE <https://www.openaire.eu/> (Open Access Infrastructure for
Research in Europe), SPARC <http://www.sparc.arl.org/> (Scholarly
Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), Research Libraries of the
United Kingdom, and many others to underscore our support for immediate open
access to research articles.

On the occasion of Open Access Week, we are reaffirming this support and *we
urge all organizations and individuals that support immediate open access
to endorse the statement available here
<https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/aligning-repository-networks-across-regions/statement-about-embargo-periods/>.*

*Major international associations reaffirm their support for immediate open
access to research articles*

On the occasion of Open Access Week, COAR and other international
associations are reaffirming their support for immediate open access to
research results.

As organizations committed to the principle that access to information
advances discovery, accelerates innovation and improves education, we
endorse the policies and practices that enable Open Access – immediate,
barrier free access to and reuse of scholarly articles.

Policies that promote Open Access are increasingly being adopted world wide
by research funders, academic institutions and national governments in
order to improve the use and value of scholarly research. We fully support
such policies and the dual avenues for implementing them: open access
repositories and open access journals. These policies play an important
role in creating an environment where our collective investments in
research can be maximized for the benefit of the public, and for society at
large.

Many policies have employed the use of embargo periods – delayed access to
research articles for a short period of time to help protect publishers’
subscription revenue as they shift to new business models. We consider the
use of embargo periods as an acceptable transitional mechanism to help
facilitate a wholesale shift towards Open Access. However, embargo
periods dilute the benefits of open access policies and we believe that, if
they are adopted, they should be no more than 6 months for the life and
physical sciences, 12 months for social sciences and humanities.  We
further believe that mechanisms for reducing – or eliminating – embargo
periods should be included in any Open Access policy.

Any delay in the open availability of research articles curtails scientific
progress and stifles innovation, and places unnecessary constraints in
delivering the benefits of research back to the public.
*We urge all organizations and individuals that support immediate open
access to endorse the statement available here
<https://www.coar-repositories.org/activities/advocacy-leadership/aligning-repository-networks-across-regions/statement-about-embargo-periods/>.*

Numerous associations and institutions from around the world
have already lent their support to this statement.

Current signatories are:

   - COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories
   - EIFL: Electronic Information for Libraries
   - LIBER: Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche – Association
   of European Research Libraries
   - National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences
   - OpenAIRE: Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe
   - SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
   - Electronic Frontier Foundation, USA
   - Research Libraries of the United Kingdom
   - Coaliton for Action “Copyright for Education and Research”
   (Aktionsbündnis “Urheberrecht für Bildung und Wissenschaft”), Germany
   - Australian National University
   - AOASG: Australian Open Access Support Group
   - INRIA: Institut national de recherche en informatique et en
   automatique, France
   - NEREUS: Network of European Libraries in Economics and Social Sciences
   - Carnegie Mellon University, USA
   - Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, USA
   - SPARC Europe
   - CLASCO: Latin America Council of Social Sciences


For more information, please contact:

Kathleen Shearer
Executive Director, COAR
kathleen.shearer at coar-repositories.org
www.coar-repositories.org
Skype: kathleen.shearer2
+1 514 847 9068




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