The Public Policy Basis for Open Access Publishing: A Scientific Approach
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The Public Policy Basis for Open Access Publishing: A Scientific Approach Nikos Koutras1
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Abstract This article examines the interplay between public policy and green open access in light of copyright protection. Public policy is crucial for the progress of deposit in open access repositories which enhances distribution of information. In other words, public policy can be also be considered as a tool to contribute in the increase of information access opportunities with respect to copyright protection and associated regulatory framework. There are philosophical and pragmatic jusfitications based on which access to information is imperative (Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Knowledge (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2012); Nikos Koutras, Building Equitable Access to Knowledge Through Open Access Repositories (Information Science Reference 2019).), while contemporary copyright regimes afford (overly) broad protection in terms of copyright duration and uses covered. This paper proposes a theoretical framework which relies on publishing model of open access and aims to develop a standard concerning stakeholder’s interests through public policy. Keywords Public policy · Copyright · Open access repositories
Literature Review In modern times, the growth of information technologies (IT) is ongoing, and digitisation of creative content is part of institutional norms. Hence, access to scientific information is of paramount importance. The literature shows that there are different options to disseminate scientific information (i.e. gold open access and green open access). The creation of open access repositories facilitates the dissemination of information. Open access repositoties have already established the core element for green open access practice. Literature reflects that an open access repository constitutes an online information resource that facilitates access to texts of items * Nikos Koutras [email protected] 1
School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
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it contains freely.1 According to the OpenAIRE project, the open access repository sets up a database or a virtual archive to collect, distribute and preserve scientific output; from a scientific perspective, open access repositories contribute in science as deposited research outputs are immediately available.2 Other scholars argue that an open access repository is a collection of digital archives created and preserved in order to provide universal and free information access to enhance research.3 In the context of their operational framework open access repositories are either linked to an institution as its central information resource or to a research field or subject within an institution (i.e. open access repository of the Ionian University which is thematic and focused on the historical development of the Ionian islands of Greece).4 To set up an open access rep
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