Open Access Policy and Funding in Cyprus University of Technology a Case Study
Date Issued
2017
Abstract
Today an increasing number of researchers and scientists follow Open
Access. Open Access is a movement that offers researchers and the academic
community the opportunity to share and access academic information freely and
immediately. The Library and Information Services at the Cyprus University of
Technology (CUT) has defined Open Access as one of its main strategies. An
author fund has been established since 2013, with the financial support of a
pharmaceutical company, in order to promote and support Open Access. Statistics
of this Fund have shown that funding covers publications mainly in health sciences.
These findings have allowed us to implement a new policy for the financing of
Open Access publications from our university’s budget, which falls within the
framework of its social responsibility. However, considering the “hybrid model”
and the “double dipping” which favors ‘big’ publishers, we will examine the
different possibilities and present our reflections and decision for the new policy.
Finally we will describe the policy implemented.
Access. Open Access is a movement that offers researchers and the academic
community the opportunity to share and access academic information freely and
immediately. The Library and Information Services at the Cyprus University of
Technology (CUT) has defined Open Access as one of its main strategies. An
author fund has been established since 2013, with the financial support of a
pharmaceutical company, in order to promote and support Open Access. Statistics
of this Fund have shown that funding covers publications mainly in health sciences.
These findings have allowed us to implement a new policy for the financing of
Open Access publications from our university’s budget, which falls within the
framework of its social responsibility. However, considering the “hybrid model”
and the “double dipping” which favors ‘big’ publishers, we will examine the
different possibilities and present our reflections and decision for the new policy.
Finally we will describe the policy implemented.
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