• Sunday, November 22, 2009
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European University Association Recommends Mandatory Open Access

An association of universities in 46 European countries has released recommendations strongly endorsing open access to research articles.

The European University Association recommends that all universities in Europe establish freely available online repositories and require that their researchers deposit their papers in them.

The announcement comes during the same week that the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s open-access requirement takes effect. —Lila Guterman