The Chronicle of Higher Education

American and British Lawmakers Endorse Open-Access Publishing

By ANDREA L. FOSTER and LILA GUTERMAN

In a double coup for the open-access movement this month, committees of the U.S. Congress and British Parliament recommended that papers resulting from government-financed research be made available free.

The committees recommended that the U.S. and British governments require researchers to deposit in free,...

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