It would be really useful if this update on progress with the licence could be posted to
the list?
Many thanks
Jayne
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[Forwarding copy of response sent to Kate to list on behalf of Alicia Wise]
Dear Kate,
My name is Alicia Wise, and I work for an organisation called the Publishers Licensing
Society. Graham Taylor at the Publishers Association kindly forwarded your email to me.
HEFCE and PLS are actively working on a licence so that RAE panels can access published
works for their review purposes. The licence would cover printed and digital copies. I'd
be happy to update you on progress, or you could speak with Ed Hughes who is the RAE
Manager at HEFCE.
With very best wishes,
Alicia
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Dr Alicia Wise
Chief Executive
Publishers Licensing Society
37-41 Gower Street
London, WC1E 6HH
+44 207 299 7733 phone
+44 207 299 7780 fax
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: An informal open list set up by the UK Serials Group [mailto:LIS-E-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kate Price
> Sent: 15 February 2006 17:46
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> Subject: Question for publishers - Research Assessment Exercise 2008
>
> Hello,
>
> This is really a question for any publishers scanning this list, but UK
> HE librarians will be interested in the answers.
>
> The UK Research Assessment Exercise will occur again in 2008, with the
> submission deadline being November 2007. The RAE will determine the
> level of research funding granted to UK universities for the next few
> years, and is therefore of vital importance. The RAE makes judgements on
> the quality of research activity at each individual institution on the
> basis of research outputs. These can be of several different sorts, but
> the ones I'm concerned about here are published journal articles,
> published conference proceedings and published books (and individual
> book chapters).
>
> The RAE guidelines have been published and are available here:
> http://www.rae.ac.uk/pubs/2005/03/rae0305.pdf
>
> Paragraph 96 states that institutions will be expected to make published
> journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters available "in
> electronic format" to the assessors (who are usually academics from the
> UK or overseas), and states "the method of submission may involve HEIs
> depositing items onto a protected website or giving access to
> institutional repositories of publications".
>
> My questions to publishers are:
>
> 1) Has the Higher Education Funding Council for England made any
> approaches to publishers regarding allowing electronic access to
> published materials specifically for the RAE?
>
> 2) What are publishers' opinions on the copyright implications of this
> (given that this access would be for a limited period, to a very limited
> audience, and crucial for the main business of a UK university). Are
> publishers likely to object strongly?
>
> We have approached two or three major publishers with these questions,
> but as yet have had no reply, so I would welcome any feedback!
>
> Best wishes,
> Kate Price
>
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> Kate Price
> E-Strategy & Resources Manager
> University Library
> University of Surrey
> Guildford, UK
> GU2 7XH
> Tel: +44 (0)1483 682876
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