The mandate growth curves have been regularly provided by Alma Swan
for some time now, at
EOS:
http://www.openscholarship.org/jcms/c_6226/open-access-policies-for-universities-and-research-institutions?hlText=policie
and
OASIS:
http://www.openoasis.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=338
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 10:32 Gavin Baker wrote:
> I was interested to see, as noted by Heather Morrison recently, that the
> number of institutional and departmental mandates registered in ROARMAP
> more than doubled in 2009:
>
> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2009/12/dramatic-growth-of-open-access-dec-31.html
>
> Funder mandates were no slouch either, with a 40% increase.
>
> Has anyone charted the number of mandates over time? From a slow start
> in 2003 to the explosion of 2009, I'm curious what the curve would look
> like...
>
> Also, any predictions for the future? I'd wager that 2010 looks like
> 2009, give or take 25%. Even in the worst case scenario, that'd still
> mean strong growth (compared to any year other than 2009).
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