<div dir="ltr">During the webinar, Bill mentioned two points that gave me food for thought. <b><font color="#ff0000">These are that simple policies to encourage Open Access (OA) do not seem to work (unless where they are mandated with sanctions); and that research funders are key to encouraging OA. <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div></font></b><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div><br><a href="http://www.ciard.net/news-and-events/blog/you-want-your-open-access-initiative-succeed-partner-research-funders">http://www.ciard.net/news-and-events/blog/you-want-your-open-access-initiative-succeed-partner-research-funders</a><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">
</div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">Funders want to know that the research they fund has an impact... what better way than to mandate open access for all funder funded research. So who funds research at your institute? Talk to them about Open Access!</div>
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