[Irtalk] Rocky road to open access

[Lazarus Matizirofa]

As open access policies come into force, UK higher education institutions are racing to meet the mandates. Rebecca Pool reports

Research Information: October/November 2015<http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=540

It's no secret that technology has thrown scholarly publishing into a state of flux. The digitisation of content, easy-to-use software, and the ever-growing opportunity to spread your words across the Internet has prompted academics and publishers to reassess how research is published.

For many in the UK, open access is the answer, as indicated by recent requirements from the nation's two most significant providers of public funding, Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the Higher Education Funding Councils for England (HEFCE).

In short, each has recently introduced policies for UK research organisations to make published outputs openly accessible. However, the road to open access is anything but short.




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