Fwd: Best model for open access policy so far?

[Wade KOTTER]

FYI

>>> On 5/1/2008 at 10:02 PM, in message
<D1786B8C-FB8E-4E10...@eln.bc.ca>, Heather Morrison
<heat...@eln.bc.ca> wrote:
> As Peter Suber points out, the recently announced OA policy of the
> Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology just
> might be the best model so far.
>
> Here is the link to the press release:
> http://www.ircset.ie/news/releases/080501.html
>
> Highlights include:
>
> This is a real mandate - part of the terms and conditions of
> receiving funding.
> Maximum embargo of 6 months.
> Deposit in institutional or central repository.
> Immediate deposit even if access must be delayed.
> Policy may be augmented or amended to reflect best practices in future.
>
> Any opinion expressed in this e-mail is that of the author alone, and
> does not represent the opinion or policy of BC Electronic Library
> Network or Simon Fraser University Library.
>
> chrs,
>
> Heather Morrison, MLIS
> The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com