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Last month Heather Morrison gave us a preview of a new OA position statement from the Canadian Library Association (CLA). Now the statement itself is online: Position Statement on Open Access for Canadian Libraries. (Thanks, again, to Heather Morrison.) Here?s the statement in full:
Comment. I'm glad to repeat my comment on the preview from last month. Kudos to the CLA for this enlightened statement. Many organizations have called on their governments to mandate OA for publicly-funded research, but the CLA is first I've seen to regard embargo periods as a temporary compromise, justified only to help publishers adapt during a transition period. |