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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">An excellent move indeed.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> eifloa-bounces@lists.eifl.net [mailto:eifloa-bounces@lists.eifl.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Iryna Kuchma<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 May 2014 04:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Smith, Ina <ismith@sun.ac.za><br>
<b>Cc:</b> EIFL - Open Access program announcement and discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EIFL-OA] Major international associations join together to underscore their support for immediate open access to research articles</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all, </p>
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<p><span style="background:white"><a href="http://www.eifl.net">EIF (Electronic Information for Libraries)</a> has joined other major international associations such as <a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/">COAR</a> (Confederation of Open Access Repositories), <a href="http://libereurope.eu/">LIBER</a>
(Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche - Association of European Research Libraries),
<a href="http://english.las.cas.cn/">National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
</a><a href="https://www.openaire.eu/">OpenAIRE</a> (Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) and
<a href="http://www.sparc.arl.org/">SPARC</a> (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) to underscore our
</span>support for immediate <span style="background:white">Op</span>en Access to research articles.
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Policies that promote Open Access are increasingly being adopted worldwide by research funders, academic institutions and national governments in order to improve the use and value of scholarly research.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>We consider the use of embargo periods as an acceptable transitional mechanism to help facilitate a wholesale shift towards Open Access.</p>
<p>However, embargo periods dilute the benefits of open access policies and we believe that, if they are adopted, they should be no more than six 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.
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<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Signatories</strong></p>
<p>EIFL: Electronic Information for Libraries</p>
<p>COAR: Confederation of Open Access Repositories</p>
<p>LIBER: Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche - Association of European Research Libraries</p>
<p>National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences</p>
<p>OpenAIRE: Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe</p>
<p>SPARC: Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition</p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please feel free to distribute this statement to your colleagues, and to encourage other organizations who support this statement to become signatories to it as well. Organizations can add their support by visiting
this website: </span><a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/?p=3989" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">https://www.coar-repositories.org/?p=3989</span></a>
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<p><span style="background:white">Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about this statement. </span></p>
<p><span style="background:white">Best wishes,</span></p>
<p><span style="background:white">Iryna</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Iryna Kuchma</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">EIFL Open Access Programme Manager<br>
<a href="mailto:iryna.kuchma@eifl.net" target="_blank">iryna.kuchma@eifl.net</a></span></p>
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