On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Stevan Harnad wrote:
>> There will be no obligation to set up a repository where none exists
>> at present.
>
> I would strongly urge omitting this. Otherwise it will construed
> as a general opt-out clause for the RCUK requirement, and will
> implicitly encourage institutions to opt out. Simply say nothing
> about any obligation to set up a repository, one way or other.
I realise that Stevan addresses this to some extent in subsequent comments
but I would suggest that rather than stating 'no obligation, the RCs
encourage grant proposals to include a proportion of the cost of running
an IR as a directly allocated 'infrastructure' cost (if not directly
incurred) under the FEC regime. This would complement the explicit
encouragement to budget for publishing in author-pays journals.
Best wishes,
Mike
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Received on Tue Jun 28 2005 - 18:05:33 BST