[Although the expression "Rector requests" below is somewhat
ambiguous, I think it's just Scandinavian politeness, since it is
being explicitly *contrasted* with the weaker "encourage," and later
"may": What it almost certainly means is "requires"... -- SH]

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http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=University%20of%20Tampere

University of Tampere (FINLAND* institutional-mandate)
http://www.uta.fi/english/

Institution's/Department's OA Eprint Archives
http://tampub.uta.fi/english/index.php
http://www.yliopistoallianssi.fi/alliance.html
http://acta.uta.fi/english/ http://tutkielmat.uta.fi/index_en.php

Institution's/Department's OA Self-Archiving Policy

On 17 November 2008 the Rector set up a work group to prepare for the
parallel depositing of research publications, the aim being to improve
the open access to research publications at the University of Tampere.
Led by Vice-Rector Arja Ropo, the work group completed its proposal on
30 March 2009 and on 31 March 2009 submitted its proposal to the
Rector.

The University of Tampere offers its researchers an opportunity to
improve the open access to and visibility of their publications by
offering them a publication channel for parallel depositing and the
necessary support.

According to the proposal of the work group the Rector would

• request researchers working at the University as of 1 January 2011
to deposit copies of their research articles accepted for publication
in scientific journals in the institutional repository provided by the
University of Tampere and

• encourage researchers to deposit copies of their publications in the
University’s repository before the decision comes into force.

Research articles refers in this Decision to single articles to be
published in scientific refereed journals, in the University’s own
publication series, in conference publications or other compilations.
The final publisher’s version of the article should be deposited in
the repository or then the author’s last version of the article
revised in response to referees’ comments (according to the
publisher’s policy).

The University of Tampere hereby undertakes to provide researchers
with the support services required for parallel depositing. The
University of Tampere will endeavour to improve publication
information systems and to design the process of depositing in a
researcher-centred manner.

In addition to the research articles referred to in the Decision,
other kinds of publications which may be stored in the open depository
provided by the University of Tampere include popular articles, other
published written texts, serial publications of University
departments, teaching material and, if the publication agreements
allow, also monographs.

The decision can be viewed at
http://www.uta.fi/kirjasto/palvelut/decision_OA.pdf.

At present publications can be deposited in the Tampub repository.
When the Rector’s Decision comes into force on 1 January 2011 it is
planned to store publications in the open repository of the University
Alliance Finland (http://www.yliopistoallianssi.fi/alliance.html).

University's doctoral dissertations are deposited in the Acta
(http://acta.uta.fi/english/).

Master's and licentiate theses are deposited in the Thesis
(http://tutkielmat.uta.fi/index_en.php).

The open repositories of the University of Tampere are maintained by
the Tampere University Library.