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["Rebecca MacKinnon" <rebecca.mackinnon AT gmail.com>]

Yes it is too bad. The problem is that most academic journal
publications are not compatible with CC licenses.
They'll allow a draft of submitted works to be published as open
access under university repositories, but most academic journals'
business models are, unfortunately, incompatible with full cc
licensing.

Best,
R

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Peter Ma <peter.km.ma AT gmail.com> wrote:
> At long last, HK takes the first step towards Open Access but regrettedly
> HKU Research Committee has not also made CC as a requirement. Anyway, it is
> common practice that few research articles are released on CC licences. It
> is still of great benefit to all when those without access to university
> libraries can read the research articles online but this is one step short
> of CC.
>
> Peter
>
> 2008/10/20 Rebecca MacKinnon <rebecca.mackinnon AT gmail.com>
>>
>> Great news, and well timed!
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: David Palmer <dtpalmer AT hku.hk>
>> Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 8:51 AM
>> Subject: HKU URC endorsement of the Open Access Advantage
>> To: Michael Duckworth <duckwort AT hkucc.hku.hk>, Rebecca MacKinnon
>> <rebecca.mackinnon AT gmail.com>, Colin Day <colinday AT hkucc.hku.hk>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> HKU Research Committee Agrees to Endorse a Paper on the Open Acccess
>> Advantage
>>
>>
>>
>> The University Research Committee of the University of Hong Kong at
>> their September meeting discussed a paper describing the benefits of
>> placing research results in open access, freely available to everyone.
>>
>> http://hub.hku.hk/handle/123456789/49851
>>
>>
>>
>> This paper, authored by the undersigned Hong Kong Open Access
>> Committee, described how large players, such as the US National
>> Institute of Health and the UK's Wellcome Institute now require their
>> funded researchers to place their research results in open access, and
>> the increase in citations and reputation that they expect to achieve
>> with this action.
>>
>>
>>
>> The HKU URC found that there is an Open Acccess Advantage, and that if
>> policy is adopted in favour of open access it will achieve RGC and HKU
>> stated goals of Knowledge Transfer.  They agreed to endorse the
>> arrangements suggested in this paper under, "Specific Proposal", for
>> how RGC and the UGC funded institutions can likewise place their
>> research results in open access.
>>
>>
>>
>> We ask that recipients of this email make this result widely known,
>> with the goal of requiring open access on Hong Kong tax-payer funded
>> research, for Hong Kong citizens, and the world.  We encourage other
>> relevant authorities and committees to likewise consider and make
>> policy to require open access on publicly funded research.  We have an
>> opportunity to showcase our research wealth with the world, and
>> thereby make a truly historic decision.
>>
>>
>>
>> John Bacon-Shone, The University of Hong Kong
>>
>> Edwin Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
>>
>> Anthony Ferguson, The University of Hong Kong
>>
>> Carmel McNaught, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
>>
>> David Palmer, The University of Hong Kong
>>
>> Ah Chung Tsoi, Hong Kong Baptist University
>>
>> -          Chair, HK OA Committee
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rebecca MacKinnon
>> Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
>> University of Hong Kong   (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
>> E-mail: rmack AT hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
>> Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com
>>
>> Co-founder: http://GlobalVoicesOnline.org
>> "The world is talking. Are you listening?"
>>
>> Public lead: Creative Commons Hong Kong
>> http://hk.creativecommons.org
>>
>>
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Rebecca MacKinnon
Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Ctr.
University of Hong Kong   (http://jmsc.hku.hk)
E-mail: rmack AT hku.hk | Tel: +852-2219-4005
Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com

Co-founder: http://GlobalVoicesOnline.org
"The world is talking. Are you listening?"

Public lead: Creative Commons Hong Kong
http://hk.creativecommons.org