[LIS-Forum] Archives set up by funding agencies!

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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:58:44 +0530
From: Subbiah Arunachalam <arun at mssrf.res.in>

Here is some model DST, DBT, UGC, CSIR, ICMR and other funding agencies can
follow! I think this will be the best way for promoting open access in
India.

Arun
[Subbiah Arunachalam]

"Funding agencies should appreciate that they can host their own archives.
Last month, for example, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
launched its own archive, Science Inventory, to hold EPA-funded data and
research papers. Even if all these files could be archived in various
institutional and disciplinary repositories outside the EPA, using its own
archive lets EPA monitor compliance with its OA requirement, facilitate
discovery and retrieval, assure long-term preservation, and of course
guarantee the sufficiency of the infrastructure."