Open Access Policy Interviews

Interviews with Johannes Fournier (German Research Foundation), Alma Swan (SPARC Europe), Jean-Francois Dechamp (European Commission), Tom Cochran (Queensland University of Technology) and Peter Suber (Harvard Open Access Project) on Open Access:

Key Open Access Policy Initiatives in the US, Europe, and Australia
http://vimeo.com/62555757

The Open Access Interviews: Johannes Fournier, speaking for the Global Research Council
http://poynder.blogspot.fr/2013/03/the-open-access-interviews-johannes.html

New open access policy in UK

The UK science minister, David Willetts, has announced a new policy: All publicly funded scientific research must be published open access. The Guardian reports:
Results of publicly funded research will be open access

The policy is published in the government document Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth. It says:
“The Research Councils expect the researchers they fund to deposit published articles or conference proceedings in an open access repository at or around the time of publication.” (pp. 77)