I had been waiting for the draft plans in response to the Feb, 2013 White House Directive on Open Access to be released, so we might see what affect the plans would have on our own planning for our institutional repository, the UTDR, as well as to plan educational and… read more
Archives for August 2013
Project Open Data
President Obama recently signed an Executive Order to make government data more accessible to the public. The terms of the Executive Order and the new Open Data Policy state that all newly generated government data will be made available in an open, machine-readable format. In an effort to help federal… read more
Oregon State adopts open access policy
Oregon State University unanimously approved an open access policy at their June 2013 Faculty Senate meeting. “The policy grants Oregon State University a non-exclusive license to exercise any and all rights under copyright relating to its faculty’s scholarly articles, in any medium, and to authorize others to do the same,… read more
