Every ICRISAT researcher/author in all locations, laboratories and offices will send a PDF copy of the author’s final version of a paper immediately upon receipt of communication from the publisher about its acceptance.
This policy is effective retroactively to 1 January 2009, in order to capture the publication outputs for the entire calendar year. The policy will remain in effect until further notice.
All PDFs should be sent electronically to the Library and Information Services. Complete citation details need to be provided once the article is actually published. The Library and Information Services will make the PDF available via ICRISAT’s Open Access platform....
Comment. As Stevan points out, this is the third OA mandate in India, after Bharathidasan University and the National Institute of Technology Rourkela. It's also the first anywhere from a research institution focusing on agriculture. I applaud the immediate-deposit provision and the universality across ICRISAT labs and offices. (I just wish that the policy didn't require PDFs, a reuse-unfriendly format that we should leave behind.) Congratulations to all involved. Also see our past posts on ICRISAT and its OA work.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
