SHERPA has launched JULIET, a database of the OA policies adopted by various funding agencies. As of today, it covers the eight Research Councils of the UK, the Wellcome Trust, and the NIH. JULIET is the natural complement to SHERPA's RoMEO list on the OA policies of publishers and journals. From today's announcement:
SHERPA's new JULIET service breaks down the differing requirements from
each of the Research Councils (and others) to try and simplify [1] what the policy says has to be done, [2] what authors should archive, [3] when they should archive, [4] where they should archive their outputs....
It is intended to add other policies from other funding bodies to JULIET as these become available.
Comment. This is an excellent idea announced with perfect timing. It should be very useful for researchers who need to understand the terms of funding from different agencies and for advocates and analysts who need to track the progress of funder-stimulated OA.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 6/29/2006 09:03:00 AM.
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.
