Journal article
Build It and They Will Come? Support for Open Access in Australia
Scholarly and Research Communication, Vol.4(1), pp.1-16
2012
Abstract
Australia has enjoyed governmental support for open access for approximately a decade. This paper provides a brief overview of the infrastructure now in place as a result, including widespread repositories and mandates at institutional and funding levels. In addition, the funding process for Australian universities means citation information for all research output has been collected for many years. This offers a unique test case for attempting to determine whether good infrastructure support results in a higher uptake of open access. The difficulties in establishing the percentage of research which is available open access are explored. While this means it is not possible to answer the question definitively, suggestions are made for possible future research.
Details
- Title
- Build It and They Will Come? Support for Open Access in Australia
- Authors
- Danny Kingsley (Author) - Australian National University
- Publication details
- Scholarly and Research Communication, Vol.4(1), pp.1-16
- Publisher
- Simon Fraser University
- Date published
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.22230/src.2013v4n1a39
- ISSN
- 1923-0702
- Copyright note
- © 2012 Danny Kingsley. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Library Services
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99676396702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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