Harvard's Kennedy School Also Embraces OA Mandate
Andrew Albanese -- Library Journal, 03/18/2009
- Kennedy School joins FAS and Harvard Law
- Mandates identical
- Policy includes opt-out
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(This article first appeared in the March 17 issue of the LJ Academic Newswire.)
The faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (HKS) has voted to adopt an open access mandate, making it the third school at Harvard to do so. The adoption comes after the Faculty of Arts and Sciences's (FAS) historic vote in February, 2008.
The mandate adopted by HKS is identical to the mandate first adopted by the FAS last year, and later by Harvard Law School. It requires faculty members to give copies of their research to the university for deposit in an institutional repository, along with a non-exclusive license to distribute. Faculty members, however, have the ability to “opt out” of the policy.
Not unaminous
Notably, unlike the FAS vote, the HKS faculty vote was not unanimous. Harvard spokesman Doug Gavel said he was not privy to the final vote tally, he said the vote passed overwhelmingly—with some 98 percent voting in favor.
Kennedy School dean David T. Ellwood, however, clearly support of the mandate. “In the developing world especially, where access to expensive journals is rare, there is a pressing need for access to the latest policy advice and scholarship coming from HKS faculty," he said in a statement.
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