RCUK publishes new open access report

RCUK has published its long awaited open access report:

http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/news/090422.htm

The language used in the release is moderate. Ian Diamond, Chair of RCUK, is quoted as saying “The Research Councils look forward to working with their partners across the research community to consider the options” which seems like a responsible attitude to me.

The headlines are:
That over time (my emphasis) the UK Research Councils will support increased open access, by:
* building on their mandates on grant-holders to deposit research papers in suitable repositories within an agreed time period, and;
* extending their support for publishing in open access journals, including through the pay-to-publish model.

I haven’t read the full report yet and will post further comments in due course...

Ian