Open Access Oxford – site release

It has been good to talk about OA this week with colleagues at the SSD PRC and MPLS GPC and with the Humanities Administrators — to be able to outline what is and what is not changing; emphasise how much can be achieved by self-archiving material in subject-based repositories and or the Oxford Research Archive; contest the notion that Gold OA is ‘better’ than Green OA; reaffirm that where and when to publish is and must remain an academic decision; and hear people’s concerns and questions. I am pleased we can now release version 1 of the Oxford Open Access web site and begin our OA information and discussion sessions led by Subject Librarians. There’s a lot to do to help support Oxford colleagues navigate their way smoothly through territory infested with strange terms, unfinished funder conditions and contested interests.