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From: Niamh Brennan <nbrennan -- tcd.ie>
Date: Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:38 AM
Subject: Science Foundation Ireland OA mandate effective from
February 1st
To: Stevan Harnad <amsciforum -- gmail.com>
Hi Stevan,
I hope you are well! Here's a bit more good news from Ireland:
Science
Foundation Ireland's Open Access mandate is now effective (from
February 1st
2009). Science Foundation Ireland is Ireland's largest funding
council.
The policy is clearly outlined on the SFI website under 'Grant
policies':
http://www.sfi.ie/content/content.asp?section_id=471&language_id=1#oa
The full text of the policy is available here:
http://www.sfi.ie/uploads/documents/upload/SFI_OA_policy_2009_v3.pdf
It covers peer-reviewed papers, conference papers, reports,
monographs and
datasets and generally follows the EURAB recomendations.
Now all Irish funding councils but one have open access policies: the
Higher
Education Authority (HEA), the Irish Research Council for Science,
Engineering
and Technology (IRCSET), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and the
Health
Research Board (HRB) - the latter has OA recommendation which are
expected to
become mandatory later this year). All of the others have Open Access
mandates
in line with the EURAB recommendations. Apparently discussions are
underway in
the only Irish research funding council without an OA policy, the
Irish
Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS).
Very best wishes,
Niamh
--
Niamh Brennan
Programme Manager
Research Information Systems & Services
Ussher Library, Third Floor
Trinity College Library Dublin
College Street, Dublin 2
phone: + 353 1 896 1646
email: niamh.brennan tcd.ie
Received on Wed Feb 18 2009 - 11:07:49 GMT