More on the evolving OA policy at SSHRC

Richard Akerman has blogged some notes at the CARL meeting on Institutional Repositories: The Next Generation (Ottawa, October 10, 2006). Excerpt:

09:15 David Moorman, SSHRC ...

SSHRC has embraced OA in principle, but a big challenge going from principle to action

a lot of politics - institutional, municipal, up to international

support for research journals
the role of the article as a unit in IR
knowledged mobilization - make publically-funded research available

UManitoba data project

indicators of research impact
how can we prove/demonstrate that the investment in research is producing value?

* Does SSHRC have a policy?

No.

There is more to this than just mandating OA.

Currently: Embrace in principle.  Work out the details.  Promotional approach.

Figure out how to support OA journals.  Conducting experiments to figure out best approach....