Harnad wrote:
(3) It is a further fact that there are four institutions and
one department that not only have OAIRs but that also have an
institutional mandate to deposit in them: Unlike the rest of the
world, those OAIRs are growing very robustly.
http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/
Well, a mandate is a mandate, so that's hardly surprising
(4) This outcome confirms resoundingly the finding of two
international JISC author surveys that found that 95% of authors
report that if their institution or funder mandated OA self-archiving,
they would comply.
http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/11006/
Well, a mandate is a ...
So I'm not sure what point is being made here.
Perhaps, one reason for the lack of certainty about OAIRs is the
(relatively) small number of journal publishers who are green; AND the
fact that of those that do sanction deposit, many - such as Elsevier -
apparently only allow it in own-institution archives (or personal
websites). So all those 'willing' authors in 'unwilling' institutions are
effectively stymied.
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