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OECD iLibrary: E-resource highlight

  For Social Science subjects in particular, one of the most useful research tools we have access to is the OECD iLibrary. What is it? A huge and continually updated online library featuring OECD’s books, papers and…

Report from BIS inquiry on open access

The UK Government's Business, Innovation and Skills Committee published their report today following an inquiry into open access. Parliament announced the report, emphasising the role of repositories: "The Government’s…

Evidence for BIS open access inquiry

The UK Government's Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) committee has published the written evidence for its inquiry into open access. The inquiry was announced at the end of Jan 2013. 98 pieces of evidence have…

Landmark US directive on open access

On Friday 22 Feb 2013 the White House issued a directive which requires federal agencies with annual research and development budgets of $100 million or more to provide free online access to the results of that…

Massive shift to open access for UK

July 16 was a big day for open access in the UK. The latest SPARC Open Access Newsletter (SOAN) by Peter Suber describes the 'tipping point' for the open access movement. SOAN #165 (Sep 2, 2012) gives a detailed…

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