SSHRC Open Access Consultation: October 31 deadline!

SSHRC Aid to Open Access Research Journals. April 2007. A one-year program designed to test a new approach to funding SSHRC-sponsored journals.

Please see the May 6, 2006 update SSHRC to Actively Promote Open Access to Research Results

Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) adopted Open Access in principle in April 2005, and is presently seeking input on implementation measures. The deadline for this consultation process is October 31.

SSHRC is hearing from the publishers - let's make sure they hear from the rest of us, too!

Link to SSHRC Open Access Consultation Note: link not working April 2007

See also:

A global information system needs a culture of sharing University Affairs, November 2005, article by Dr. Arthur Carty, National Science Advisor to the Prime Minister. Thanks to Peter Suber's Open Access News, October 18, 2005.

Wellcome Trust OA Mandate in Effect (SSHRC Consultation)

University of Toronto's Open Source Open Access Project
Links to OS!OA and Dr. Gunther Eysenbach's responses to the SSHRC Consultation on Open Access.
Excerpt (Dr. Eysenbach's response):
With turning down the Journal of Medical Internet Research as a SSHRC funded journal only because at that time it didn’t have paying subscribers (because it is Open Access) SSHRC lost a tremendous opportunity to explore researcher-led experimental models of publishing. .
Note: SSHRC rules at present are based on a subscription system, and discriminate against open access journals. Simply eliminating this discriminatory practice would do a lot to further open access in Canada!

Creative Commons Canada Response to SSHRC-CFHSS Consultation on Open Access

British Columbia Library Association Submission to SSHRC Consultation on Open Access

Canadian Library Association Submission to SSHRC Consultation on Open Access

CARL's Brief to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council concerning Open Access

Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair on Internet & E-Commerce Law: The Canadian Move Toward Open Access

Daniel Lemire's blog entry
Excerpt: "Would I risk my federal grant for the whims of a publisher like IEEE? Never."

Immediate Open Access: Every Step of the Way

Canadian library associations which have declared support for open access:
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Canadian Library Association (also Canadian Association of College and University Libraries)
British Columbia Library Association

Heather Morrison's Response to the SSHRC Consultation on Open Access

Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) adopted Open Access in principle in April 2005, and is presently seeking input on implementation measures. The deadline for this consultation process is October 31.

SSHRC is hearing from the publishers - let's make sure they hear from the rest of us, too!

Link to SSHRC Open Access Consultation

See also:

A global information system needs a culture of sharing University Affairs, November 2005, article by Dr. Arthur Carty, National Science Advisor to the Prime Minister. Thanks to Peter Suber's Open Access News, October 18, 2005.

Wellcome Trust OA Mandate in Effect (SSHRC Consultation)

University of Toronto's Open Source Open Access Project
Links to OS!OA and Dr. Gunther Eysenbach's responses to the SSHRC Consultation on Open Access.
Excerpt (Dr. Eysenbach's response):
With turning down the Journal of Medical Internet Research as a SSHRC funded journal only because at that time it didn’t have paying subscribers (because it is Open Access) SSHRC lost a tremendous opportunity to explore researcher-led experimental models of publishing. .
Note: SSHRC rules at present are based on a subscription system, and discriminate against open access journals. Simply eliminating this discriminatory practice would do a lot to further open access in Canada!

Creative Commons Canada Response to SSHRC-CFHSS Consultation on Open Access

British Columbia Library Association Submission to SSHRC Consultation on Open Access

Canadian Library Association Submission to SSHRC Consultation on Open Access

CARL's Brief to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council concerning Open Access

Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair on Internet & E-Commerce Law: The Canadian Move Toward Open Access

Daniel Lemire's blog entry
Excerpt: "Would I risk my federal grant for the whims of a publisher like IEEE? Never."

Immediate Open Access: Every Step of the Way

Canadian library associations which have declared support for open access:
Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Canadian Library Association (also Canadian Association of College and University Libraries)
British Columbia Library Association

Heather Morrison's Response to the SSHRC Consultation on Open Access

This post reflects my personal opinion only and does not represent the opinions or policy of the BC Electronic Library Network or the Simon Fraser University Library.