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Author Gavin Baker

A new Nordbib report looks at IRs and current research information systems (CRIS) in the Nordic countries. UNESCO released a template to guide national policymaking under its Information for All Programme. The Association of Research Libraries released its latest statistics on ARL libraries, academic health science libraries, and academic law libraries, including information on serials and monograph expenditures.

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Author Gavin Baker

University of Ottawa among North American leaders as it launches open access program, press release, December 8, 2009. Comments. Although Michael Geist describes the strategy as including a mandate, it doesn't appear to. The plan doesn't seem to mention either a commitment/obligation to self-archive or a university-wide license.

Social Science
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Author Gavin Baker

JISC's strategy for 2010-2012 features openness as a theme. ISI Web of Science now includes almost 500 OA journals, or about 5% of its indexed journals. James Love presented his proposal on the global supply of public goods, including knowledge goods such as research, at a side-event to a recent World Trade Organization meeting. A forthcoming article examines licenses and access controls for digital resources.

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Author Peter Suber

I just mailed the December 2009 issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter .  This issue takes a close look at the OA implications of the amended version of the Google book settlement.  The roundup section briefly notes 150 OA developments from November.