[Nerc_librarians_list] Scientific Publications: Free for all?

Pauline Simpson ps@soc.soton.ac.uk
Tue, 20 Jul 2004 13:29:03 +0100 

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Good news for Institutional Repositories !

The report from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
inquiry into Scientific Publications has now been published and should be
of interest.

Science and Technology Committee
Scientific Publications: Free for all?
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsctech.htm#reports

However Peter Suber's Open Access news has a useful summary at:

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html


Pauline Simpson,
Head of Information Services, Southampton Oceanography Centre
and
Head of Engineering, Science and Math Services
and
TARDis (Univ Southampton e-Prints) Project Manager

University of Southampton Waterfront Campus,  European Way,
Southampton, SO14 3ZH, England

  Tel:  +44-(0)23 8059 6111:     Fax  +44-(0)23 8059 6115
  email:  ps@soc.soton.ac.uk ; ps2@soton.ac.uk
  Web :  http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk

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Good news for Institutional Repositories !<br><br>
The report from the House of Commons Science and Technology
Committee<br>
inquiry into Scientific Publications has now been published and should
be<br>
of interest.<br><br>
Science and Technology Committee<br>
Scientific Publications: Free for all?<br>
<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsctech.htm#reports" eudora="autourl">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsctech.htm#reports</a><br><br>
However Peter Suber's Open Access news has a useful summary at:<br><br>
<a href="http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html<br><br>
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<font size=1>Pauline Simpson,<br>
Head of Information Services, Southampton Oceanography Centre<br>
and<br>
Head of Engineering, Science and Math Services<br>
and<br>
TARDis (Univ Southampton e-Prints) Project Manager<br><br>
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus,&nbsp; European Way, <br>
Southampton, SO14 3ZH, England<br><br>
&nbsp;Tel:&nbsp; +44-(0)23 8059 6111:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fax&nbsp;
+44-(0)23 8059 6115<br>
&nbsp;email:&nbsp; ps@soc.soton.ac.uk ; ps2@soton.ac.uk <br>
&nbsp;Web :&nbsp;
<a href="http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/" eudora="autourl">http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk<br>
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