[Cc-uk] Brussels drafts guide for closed world of science journals

David Hirst .com david at davidhirst.com
Fri Jan 26 07:40:43 EST 2007


This looks as if it might be good news.

 

http://euobserver.com/9/23348/?rk=1

Brussels drafts guide for closed world of science journals

25.01.2007 - 17:37 CET | By Andrew Rettman
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Commission is preparing new guidelines for the €3 billion a year European scientific publishing industry that could put pressure on major firms such as Elsevier or Oxford University Press to give free access to articles based on EU-funded work.

"We are looking at how to find a balance between academic interests and the companies that are investing their intellectual property," a spokeswoman for science commissioner Janez Potocnik said. "One suggestion is that research can be made public six months after it is published."

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