Friends: MIT Faculty Open Access Policy was adopted on 18 March 2009 by unanimous vote by the faculty. Please see < http://libraries.mit.edu/scholarly/mit-open-access/open-access-at-mit/mit-op...
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The latest available statistics (as on 2 September 2015) says that only 43% of papers published since the adoption of the policy are now being shared through the Open Access Articles Collection http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/49433 in Dspace@MIT. As of the end of July 2015, downloads of the 17,400 articles http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/49433 deposited in relation to the Policy topped 3.3 million, with over 83,500 downloads during July. A large number of these downloads are from India, but there is only anecdotal evidence. The point to note is in spite of a policy adopted with a unanimous vote by the faculty only 43% of papers are deposited in the repository. That shows the importance of constant persuasion and outreach by repository managers (and librarians). Dr Raj Hirwani and colleagues are doing exactly that in India to persuade colleagues in the laboratories of CSIR, DST and DBT. That is what librarians like Murari Tapaswi (now retired) and Satya have done at NIO. That is what Muthu Madhan had done at both NIT-R and ICRISAT. These are only a few among many. Le us give them a hand! Best. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.