Promoting open scholarship at Otago in learning, teaching & research
Thursday, September 25th, 2014 | Richard White | No Comments
$55 million – that’s the figure Radio NZ has reported that NZ universities and Crown Research Institutes pay in subscription fees to academic publishers. The University of Auckland alone spent almost $15m — with Otago spending the second-highest amount of $8.4 — on access to journals that for the most part comprises work done and reviewed by academics around the world for free, after signing their copyright over to the publishers.
You can also listen to the report from Morning Report.
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 | SIMON HART | No Comments
Australia’s Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb, recommends in his newly released STEM strategy that the government “enhance dissemination of Australian STEM research by expanding open access policies and improving the supporting infrastructure.” and “Support the translation and commercialisation of STEM discoveries through: … a modern and flexible IP framework that embraces a range of capabilities from open access regimes…” Refer pages 18 and 28 of the full report,