Tag Archives: policies

And a Very Happy New Year to You, Congress!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Jill Cirasella

This isn’t breaking news (sometimes we at the Open Access @ CUNY blog go on vacation, and sometimes we even go on vacation where there’s no internet, and, gasp, sometimes things happen when we have no internet!), but it’s still … Continue reading →

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Open Access Policies: Count ‘Em Up

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

Last week I reported with envy on the University of California’s new open access policy and the sample policy recommended (and employed!) by Harvard.  Those are two strong open access policies by two of the most influential academic institutions in … Continue reading →

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I’m Having Open Access Policy Envy

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

Summer tends to be slow at universities, but not this summer at the University of California! UC’s academic senate just passed an open access policy that covers over 8,000 faculty at the 10 UC campuses and could make as many … Continue reading →

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Springer Also Losing Some OA Sparkle

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

We looked last week at how Emerald (perhaps inspired by the problematic new RCUK open access policy) changed its self-archiving policies, becoming a less sparkling green OA publisher. Alas, Springer also recently changed its self-archiving for the worse (from the … Continue reading →

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Emerald Not So Sparkling Green

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Jill Cirasella

If your field is management, economics, healthcare, education, or library science, chances are you’re familiar with the journal publisher Emerald.  For a long time, true to its name, Emerald was a “green” open access publisher — that is, it allowed … Continue reading →

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