Tricouncils' "Comprehensive Brief on Open Access to Publications and Research Data"
From: http://www.science.gc.ca/default.asp?Lang=En&n=1E7A5F18-1
Comprehensive Brief on Open Access to Publications and Research Data
Working together to promote access to the results of publicly funded research
The 2010 release of Access to Research Results: Guiding Principles by the three federal granting agencies--the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)--includes a commitmentto developing a shared approach for improving access to publicly funded research in keeping with internationally recognized best practices, standards and policies for funding and conducting research.
As a first step toward the development of a joint policy, the agencies recently commissioned a
Comprehensive Brief on Open Access to Publications and Research Data,an environmental scan of the policy context in Canada and internationally, and the diverse challenges of open access from the point of view of different stakeholder groups, including universities, researchers across various disciplines, and government agencies. This briefing paper will be used as a starting point to inform discussions between the three federal granting agencies as they consider how they might implement open access measures, collectively or individually, over the next few years. The agencies’ ultimate goal is to adopt a jo