Communicating open access policies Steven Hill Head of Research Policy Open Access Advocacy: Joining the Dots 20 March 2015 @stevenhill
Jul 16, 2015
Communicating open access policies
Steven Hill
Head of Research Policy
Open Access Advocacy: Joining the Dots
20 March 2015
@stevenhill
• Open access is complicated
• Researchers (mostly) aren’t interested
• There are many voices, not all with aligned messages…
Communicating open access
PublishersFunders
Librarians
IT teams
Repository managers
Research offices
PVC for Research
Learned Societies
• Open access is complicated
• Researchers (mostly) aren’t interested
• There are many voices, not all with aligned messages…
• …but fewer advocates than researchers.
Communicating open access
• Open access is complicated
• Researchers (mostly) aren’t interested
• There are many voices, not all with aligned messages…
• …but fewer advocates than researchers.
• So…
Communicating open access
Our objectives
• Significantly increase the uptake of open access options
• Protect author choice as much as possible
• Stimulate the deposit of work in repositories