Developing policies to support open access at your university

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2010-11

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Kingsley, Danny

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Why are policies useful? Policies supporting OA indicate it is a priority for the institution. This paper lists a few issues to consider when preparing policies: 1. Find out how policies and the executive committee structure works. 2. Developing policies takes a long time and involves many aspects of the university community. 3. Do you need an executive member to champion you? 4. Do you have a mandate or are you encouraging? The paper also provides some useful links.

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open access, policy, legislation

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Presentation to the CAIRSS Community Day, Melbourne University, November 2010

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Working/Technical Paper

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