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["Stevan Harnad" <amsciforum@gmail.com>]

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Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:11:58 +1000
From: Tom Cochrane <t.cochrane -- qut.edu.au>
Subject: Brisbane declaration on Open Access

Dear Stevan,Peter,Alma

Following a short confirming process, the following text has been
developed after the Brisbane conference on Open Access and Research in
September.

I wonder if it could be posted to lists as you deem appropriate?

Cheers
Tom

Professor Tom Cochrane | Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Technology, Information and Learning Support
Queensland University of Technology | GPO Box 2434 | Brisbane | Qld |
Australia | 4001
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Email: t.cochrane -- qut.edu.au

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Following the conference on Open Access and Research held in 
September in Australia, and hosted by Queensland University of 
Technology, the following statement was developed and has the 
endorsement of over sixty participants.

Brisbane Declaration

Preamble

The participants recognise Open Access as a strategic enabling 
activity, on which research and inquiry will rely at 
international, national, university, group and individual levels.

Strategies

Therefore the participants resolve the following as a summary of the
basic strategies that Australia must adopt:

1. Every citizen should have free open access to publicly funded 
research, data and knowledge.

2.  Every Australian university should have access to a digital 
repository to store its research outputs for this purpose.

3.  As a minimum, this repository should contain all materials 
reported in the Higher Education Research Data Collection 
(HERDC).

4.  The deposit of materials should take place as soon as 
possible, and in the case of published research articles should 
be of the author's final draft at the time of acceptance so as to 
maximize open access to the material.

Brisbane, September, 2008