Important July 2008 developments

[1] A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Indian Association of Universities and the Association of Netherlands Universities which includes the statement (under the heading ‘Access to publications’) that ‘The Parties will promote among their members open access to scientific and scholarly publications.’

The full text may be viewed from: http://www.ez.nl/Actueel/Pers_en_nieuwsberichten/Nieuwsberichten_2008/maart_2008/
Van_der_Hoeven_Meer_samenwerken_met_India/MoU_science_technology_between_India_
Netherlands_English_version?rid=156471

[2] Full text downloads of papers presented at ELPUB Conference, June 2008 can be accessed from http://www.elpub.net/

[3] Full text downloads and video's of presentations at the recent ICTP workshop in Trieste, ' Open Access models for science dissemination' can be accessed from http://sdu.ictp.it/openaccess/.

Note: EPT Trustee Leslie Chan was the organizer of the ELPUB Conference in Toronto, and played a major role in the Trieste workshop.

[4] On July 17^th, Canada’s National research Council announced its Green OA Self-Archiving Mandate, National Research Council. There are now 49 mandates adopted by research organisations and 12 more proposed. See ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies).