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Institutional repositories: is the open access door half open or half shut?
Author(s) -
MP Evan Harris
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/0953151053585000
Subject(s) - publishing , commons , open science , foundation (evidence) , government (linguistics) , political science , house of commons , shut down , library science , open government , action (physics) , open data , public administration , business , law , engineering , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , parliament , astronomy , quantum mechanics , politics , nuclear engineering
The response of the UK Government to the Report on science publishing by the Science and Technology Select Committee of the House of Commons is criticized for failing to take the necessary action to research or help catalyse a change in the publishing model. The initiatives of the National Institutes of Health and the Wellcome Foundation in setting up central archives are examined and their utility questioned. The evidence base for a change to open access is explored.