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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)