ACOA draft response to tri-agency open access policy: key points  Overall: model policy  Supports transition to open access publishing  Because OA publishing is an option, not a requirement, allows market forces to operate  Supports academic freedom by not forcing authors to choose OA journals  Needs work: open access archiving in a Canadian-based repository should be required, even when authors publish open access  Embargoes overly generous, should be shortened to 6 months with view to eventual elimination Heather Morrison
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