Free access to British scientific research within two years

Interesting piece in The Guardian available at:
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/15/free-access-british-scientific-research?newsfeed=true

Research Council UK and Open Access

The Council has announced its new policy which states that peer reviewed research papers which result from research that is wholly or partially funded by the Research Councils:

• must be published in journals which are compliant with Research Council policy on Open Access, and;
• must include details of the funding that supported the research, and a statement on how the underlying research materials such as data, samples or models can be accessed.

Further details at: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/media/news/2012news/Pages/120716.aspx

Finch Report Published

A working group has been looking into expanding access to research publications.  The report has received a number of critical responses and a range of the commentary is available here:

http://cameronneylon.net/blog/first-thoughts-on-the-finch-report-good-steps-but-missed-opportunities/
http://telescoper.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/opening-access-the-finch-report/
http://occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2012/06/18/the-finch-report-on-open-access/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jun/19/open-access-academic-publishing-finch-report
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420307&c=1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18497083
http://openaccess.eprints.org/index.php?/archives/904-Finch-Report,-a-Trojan-Horse,-Serves-Publishing-Industry-Interests-Instead-of-UK-Research-Interests.html

Setting up the Blog

We have included links and gadgets that we think might be interesting but let us know if you would like us to link to other sites. ldolben@tavi-port.ac.uk

Call for Papers!

If you are a member of staff at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and have recently published articles,books or  book chapters please send us details so we can include them in the Repository.
 ldolben@tavi-port.ac.uk