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On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Kornbrot, Diana <[log in to unmask]>wrote: Is it possible for you to set up a ‘petition’, like the one about the > libel laws? > Obviouslly its too small a community to dem and legislation, but as an > indicator of the interests of the UK research committee > It could be useful > Yes, a petition is planned, but we are still hoping that RCUK will announce that they have fixed the policy, making a petition unnecessary. Stevan > > > On 15/09/2012 14:29, "Stevan Harnad" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > **Cross-Posted** > > > Here are 12 recent writings on the new Finch/RCUK OA Policy > recommendations in the UK. The latest has just appeared in D-Lib: > > Harnad, S (2012) United Kingdom's Open Access Policy Urgently Needs a > Tweak <http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september12/harnad/09harnad.html> .* D-Lib > Magazine* Volume 18, Number 9/10 September/October 2012 > > http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september12/harnad/09harnad.html > > > I wouldn't be giving it all this time and attention if I didn't think the > potential perverse effects of the policy, if uncorrected, were so > pernicious for OA worldwide. > > The flaw in the policy is easily fixed, but it does need to be fixed -- > and promptly, and prominently -- before it has the chance to do the damage > it is poised to do. > > (Other OA advocates have also raised their voices for the requisite > revision, including Peter Suber < > https://plus.google.com/109377556796183035206/posts/BftzqGjScc1?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20GPeterSuber%20(G%2BFeed%20of%20Peter%20Suber)> > , Alma Swan < > http://poynder.blogspot.ca/2012/09/budapest-open-access-initiative.html> > , & Fred Friend < > http://www.friendofopenaccess.org.uk/index.php/uk-open-access-stakeholders-post-finch> > . Please make your voices heard too.) > > ------ > > Gargouri, Y, Lariviere, V, Gingras, Y, Carr, L and Harnad, S (2012) Green > and Gold Open Access Percentages and Growth, by Discipline. In: *17th > International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators (STI*), 5-8 > September, 2012, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Montrel. > > http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/340294/ <http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/340294/> > > > Harnad, S (2012) Why the UK Should Not Heed the Finch Report. *LSE Impact > of Social Sciences Blog*, Summer Issue > > http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/341128/ > > > > Harnad, S (2012) Hybrid gold open access and the Chesire cat’s grin: How > to repair the new open access policy of RCUK < > http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/09/03/hybrid-open-access-repair-rcuk/> > . *LSE Impact of Social Sciences Blog* September Issue > > http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/342582/ > > Harnad, S (2012) There's no justifying RCUK's support for [hybrid] gold > open access < > http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/blog/2012/sep/03/rcuk-gold-open-access-research-unjustified?newsfeed=true> > . *Guardian HE Network*. > > http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/342581/ > <http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/342581/> > > Harnad, S (2012) The Optimal and Inevitable outcome for Research in the > Online Age < > http://www.cilip.org.uk/publications/update-magazine/pages/default.aspx> > . *CILIP Update* September 2012 > > http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/342580/ > <http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/342580/> > Harnad, S (2102) Digital Research: How and Why the RCUK Open Access Policy > Needs to Be Revised < > http://digital-research.oerc.ox.ac.uk/programme/tues-am-keynote> . *Digital > Research 2012*. Tuesday, September 12, Oxford. > > > > Harnad, Stevan (2012) Research Works Act H.R.3699: The Private Publishing > Tail Trying To Wag The Public Research Dog, Yet Again. Technical Report, > ECS, University of Southampton http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/273093/ > > > > Harnad, S. (2012) The UK's 6% Factor and the "Gold Trumps Green" > Principle: Perverse Effects. Open Access Archivangelism. > > http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/933-.html > > > > Harnad, S. (2102) RCUK Policy In Direct Contradiction With BOAI-10 > Recommendations for Institutions. *Open Access Archivangelism * > > http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/932-.html > > > > Harnad, S. (2012) Simple 9-Word Strike-Out Tweak to Fix RCUK Open Access > Mandate. *Open Access Archivangelism* > > http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/930-.html > > > > Harnad, S. (2012) Finch Fiasco in Figures. *Open Access Archivangelism* > > http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/905-.html > > > > > > > > > * > ------------------------------ > **Emeritus Professor Diana Kornbrot > *email: *[log in to unmask]* > web: *http://dianakornbrot.wordpress.com/ > **Work > *Department of Psychology > School of Life and Medical Sciences > University of Hertfordshire > College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK > voice: +44 (0) 170 728 4626 > fax: +44 (0) 170 728 5073 > *Home > *19 Elmhurst Avenue > London N2 0LT, UK > voice: +44 (0) 208 444 2081 > mobile: +44 (0) 740 318 1612 > fax: +44 (0) 870 706 1445 > ------------------------------ > > > > >