EC Petition for Open Access

The Knowledge Exchange organisation has set up an online petition to be sent to the European Commission in support of the recent recommendations in the following study:

Study on the Economic and Technical Evolution of the Scientific Publication Markets of Europe

Currently, the recommendations are being lobbied against by publisher groups, so Knowledge Exchange feel that the other side needs to be represented. Therefore, if you would like to support the study, you can find some more information and option to sign at the following location:

http://www.ec-petition.eu/

The principal concern is to support recommendation A1:


RECOMMENDATION A1. GUARANTEE PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLICLY-FUNDED RESEARCH RESULTS SHORTLY AFTER PUBLICATION