Month: January 2008

The 791 universities from 46 countries of the European University Association have unanimously endorsed some very strong OA recommendations, which Peter Suber has summarized as follows: * Here’s a digest of the most important of the recommendations. European universities should… 1. launch OAI-compliant institutional repositories (A2) 2. adopt OA mandates for their research output (A3) …

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Some major events in open access this week: The final text of the NIH policy has been posted:http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-033.html and a very interesting FAQ The European Research Council has announced an exemplary Open Access Policy – open access to funded research within 6 months, no loopholes, and an indication that the 6-month maximum will be shortened! …

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Excellent program on the impact of a few dollars’ investment on quality of life, environment and economics in Bangladesh. Don’t miss it. See this preview.

Happy New Year and Peace on Earth!I want to take this opportunity and thank our donors. You are too many to all be listed individually but a few I will introduce to you all and explain the purposes that are attached to the donations. Thank you to our 200+ donors during the year 2007 who …

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