What can research funders do to facilitate self-archiving?
Mandate that the research that is publicly funded must not merely be published but it must be publicly accessible online (whether through self-archiving, open-access journals, or both) as recommended by the UK Government Science and Technology Committee as well as the Berlin Declaration. Make it part of grant applications that CVs and bibliographies citing the applicant’s prior work should contain links to the online full-text (whether self-archived or in open-access journals, or both). Sign the Declaration of Institutional Commitment to Providing OA .
