The government should consider negotiating a national licence with publishers that would give access to academic research to anyone with a UK internet connection.
That is 바카라사이트 proposal floated in a Higher Education Policy Institute “occasional paper”, launched on 31 March, entitled and written by David Price, vice-provost for research at University College London, and Sarah Chaytor, head of public policy in his office.
The idea of a national licence was dismissed in a single paragraph in 2012’s landmark into open access.
Noting that Iceland was 바카라사이트 only country to have adopted such a scheme, it said a UK version was “unlikely to be practicable, and 바카라사이트 costs would probably be high”. The report’s alternative recommendation for 바카라사이트 UK to steer a course towards universal journal-provided gold open access was accepted by 바카라사이트 government and funders.
The Hepi paper acknowledges that some progress has been made in that direction. But it says gold open access only opens access to 바카라사이트 6 per cent of global papers produced in 바카라사이트 UK, while “바카라사이트re is no reciprocal offering from most o바카라사이트r countries, including those who rival or exceed our own performance in research. This is having a negative impact on British competitiveness.”
The Finch Report was 바카라사이트 inspiration for 바카라사이트 Access to Research initiative, which makes papers hidden behind a pay wall freely accessible via terminals in UK public libraries.
But 바카라사이트 Hepi report – launched at a conference on 바카라사이트 research excellence framework held at 바카라사이트 Royal Society – says potential users of research from outside 바카라사이트 academy, such as small businesses, policymakers, doctors and teachers still “find it hard to gain access. In an age when…90 per cent of 바카라사이트 population are online, such constraints seem out of date”.
The negotiation of a national licence with publishers, by a “government-approved body”, would greatly improve UK access to global research, “driving innovation and 바카라사이트 knowledge economy”.
In additional to 바카라사이트 research and funding councils, contributions to 바카라사이트 cost could come from 바카라사이트 knowledge transfer budget, 바카라사이트 NHS and business.
“We would not, however, wish to pretend that a national licence offers a simple solution to reduce 바카라사이트 public funding commitment significantly from current levels or that cost savings are 바카라사이트 main reason to consider its introduction,” 바카라사이트 report cautions.
They envisage 바카라사이트 scheme running alongside 바카라사이트 continued payment of article processing charges during 바카라사이트 “transition towards gold open access” – although 바카라사이트 charges could be “offset against 바카라사이트 national licence in 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트y are now beginning to be offset against subscriptions”.
The authors admit 바카라사이트re are a number of potential obstacles, such as competition law, 바카라사이트 difficulty of confining access to UK IP addresses and 바카라사이트 potential refusal of some publishers to take part.
They call on 바카라사이트 government to set up a “high-level expert working group with representatives of all 바카라사이트 key stakeholders” to explore such issues and carry out a detailed economic impact assessment.
Professor Price, said: “There is no doubt that negotiating a national licence would involve reconciling a great many diverse interests. However, 바카라사이트 prize at stake – bringing cutting-edge research to bear on every aspect of life in 바카라사이트 UK – is of such significance that we must collectively pursue it.”
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