Research Councils Back Free Online Access

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Research Councils Back Free Online Access
Something for my own agency and funding agencies in Canada, where I've been agitating for a similar policy. "Research Councils UK (RCUK), the umbrella body for the eight research councils, are proposing that researchers must archive their papers arising from the work they fund in openly available repositories." The Publishers' Association, naturally, objects. Tough. More...