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Friday, May 09, 2008

Text of the Ukrainian OA mandate

The text of the OA mandate the Ukraine has now been posted to ROARMAP.  This policy is more than a proposal but less than a working policy.  It was adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament in January 2007 but has not yet been implemented.  Thanks to Iryna Kuchma for the English translation.  Excerpt:

...III. National Policy on Developing Information Society in Ukraine....

4. Development of accessible for all information infrastructure...

creation of electronic archives, library and museum collection and other collections in the area of culture...

7. Facilitating creation of accessible for all electronic information resources....

creation national information resources in the area of economics, science and technology, social sciences, cultural and environmental spheres....

creation of needed technical and technological infrastructure, and electronic information recourses in archives, libraries, museums, research and education institutions mandating electronic preservation of the research outputs and open access to research outputs created with the funding from the state budget of Ukraine; ...

PS:  See my past posts on the Ukrainian mandate.