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Monday, April 24, 2006

Clue to RCUK thinking about OA

The RCUK still have not finalized their draft OA policy. But today they published their Science in Society Strategy, which contains a clue to their current thinking about OA. Excerpt:
AIM 4. Increase public awareness of the developments, achievements and impacts that flow from Research Council funded research....

The Research Councils will:...Promote an increased awareness of research and the scientific process among non-specialist audiences, by working in partnership with expert deliverers such as the mass media and regional science centres to ensure that the public have open access to the outcomes of Research Councils’ investment in world-leading research.