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Access to research results from Lund University, Sweden
The Internet has radically changed the practical and economical
possibilities for the dissemination of research results. It is vital for Lund University to utilize these new opportunities to increase the visibility of research production and thereby maximize access for other researchers, industry, and the general public. This will also increase the visibility and impact of Lund University researchers. Open access to publications leads to more usage and greater impact for the researchers.
Many universities are working towards this goal with the support of The Association of Swedish Higher Education (SUHF). For Lund University, this implies the establishment of an infrastructure to advance and facilitate open access to publications by Lund University researchers. In the U21
group, a cooperative effort in this direction has already begun.
This development means that an increasing amount of accepted doctoral theses will be freely available on the Internet, unless prevented by copyright agreements.
Finally, the goal is to increase the number of quality controlled articles
in scientific journals, and in conference proceedings, deposited
(parallel-published) in the University repository, together with other
publications in the form of report series and working papers,
Even though the individual researcher owns the intellectual property
rights to his/her material it is important that the Board of Lund
University supports this development.
Resolution
In order to maximize the number of open access publications the Board of Lund University strongly recommends that:
* Researchers at Lund University, if possible, publish in journals with open access
* If no equivalent open access journal is available, researchers choose a journal allowing parallel publishing/deposition of the article
* Transfer of copyright be avoided. As a minimum the author's right to parallel publishing must be retained
* Lund University work for the transition of scholarly journals to a publishing model, where articles either are made freely available to the reader directly or through parallel publishing.
More: www.lub.lu.se/ncsc2006/
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