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Comment: Though timely and welcome, the Durham mandate is only a 2 
(out of 12) for mandate strength (see end of message). 

I urge Durham to upgrade it to ID/OA (immediate-deposit,optional-access) 
which is a 12. It's almost the same thing, but it makes a world of a difference 
for compliance:

Gargouri Y, Lariviere V, Gingras Y, Brody T, Carr L & Harnad S (2012) 
Testing the Finch Hypothesis on Green OA Mandate Ineffectiveness 

On 2012-11-01, at 11:41 AM, Stevan Harnad <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

ROARMAP Green OA Mandate #162: http://roarmap.eprints.org/717/
World's 162nd institutional Mandate, UK's 24th

Durham University Senate and the Research Committee have agreed
the Durham University Open Access Statement. The Statement demonstrates
this University's commitment to share the findings of its world-class research
as widely as possible. Now, where copyright agreements permit, all research
outputs published in peer-reviewed journals since 1 January 2008 must be
made freely available in DRO. Authors are also strongly encouraged to
deposit other types of research outputs (including book chapters, reports
and grey literature) in DRO and make them freely available for consultation.
(http://dro.dur.ac.uk/du_oa_statement.pdf)

Institutional Mandates (162)Proposed Institutional Mandates (4)
Sub-Institutional Mandates (35) Proposed Sub-Institutional Mandates (3)
Multi-Institutional Mandates (4)Proposed Multi-Institutional Mandates (6)
Funder Mandates (53)Proposed Funder Mandates (10)
Thesis Mandates (97)

Mandate strength:

12   immediate deposit required + linked to performance evaluation (Liege) (no waiver option)
9   immediate deposit required (no waiver option)
6     6-month delay allowed (no waiver option)
3    12-month delay allowed (no waiver option)
3    rights-retention with waiver option
2    deposit if/when publisher says it's ok
1      no requirement: just request, recommendation or encouragement (policies in ROARMAP that are not classified as mandates)