SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SELECT COMMITTEE The implementation of open access Oral and Written evidence Contents 1994 Group – Written evidence ............................................................................................................. 5 Academy of Social Sciences – Written evidence ................................................................................. 8 Association for Learning Technology (ALT) – Written evidence ................................................. 13 Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) – Written evidence .... 19 Jeffrey Beall, Scholarly Initiatives Librarian, University of Colorado Denver – Written evidence ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 Dr Rick Bradford – Written evidence ................................................................................................ 25 British Academy – Written evidence .................................................................................................. 27 British Heart Foundation (BHF) – Written evidence ...................................................................... 32 British Medical Journal Group (BMJ) – Written evidence .............................................................. 34 British Psychological Society (BPS) – Written evidence ................................................................. 38 British Sociological Association (BSA) – Written evidence............................................................ 41 Abby Clobridge, Clobridge Consulting – Written evidence .......................................................... 46 Dr Stephen Curry, Imperial College London – Written evidence ............................................... 47 Dr Paola Di Maio, ISTCS.org – Written evidence ............................................................................ 51 Economic History Society – Written evidence ................................................................................. 55 Electronic Publishing Trust for Development – Written evidence .............................................. 59 Emerald Group Publishing Limited – Written evidence .................................................................. 62 Dame Janet Finch and Dr Michael Jubb, Working Group on Expanding Access to Research Publications – Written evidence ........................................................................................................... 67 Professor Dame Janet Finch – Oral evidence (QQ 1-16) ............................................................... 74 Frederick J. Friend, University College London – Written evidence ........................................... 87 Dr Rita Gardner, Steven Hall and the Publishers Association – Oral evidence (QQ 38-51) . 90 Geological Society of London (GSL) – Written evidence .............................................................. 91 Government – the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) – Written evidence .................................. 94 Government – the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) – Oral evidence (QQ 71-83) ............... 114 Government – the Rt Hon David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) – Supplementary written evidence ..... 124 1 Steven Hall, the Publishers Association and Dr Rita Gardner – Oral evidence (QQ 38-51) .................................................................................................................................................................... 133 Steve Hall, Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing – Supplementary written evidence .............. 146 Professor Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton, Université du Québec à Montréal and McGill University – Written evidence ............................................................................................... 148 Hellenic and Roman Societies – Written evidence ........................................................................ 153 Emeritus Professor John R Helliwell, University of Manchester – Written evidence ............ 155 Professor Tony Hey, Microsoft Research – Written evidence ................................................... 160 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) – Written evidence ........................ 172 Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and Research Councils UK (RCUK) – Oral evidence (QQ 52-70) ............................................................................................................... 175 Human Relations – Written evidence ............................................................................................... 176 Imperial College London, University of Oxford and University of Bournemouth – Oral evidence (QQ 17-37) ............................................................................................................................ 178 Institute of Physics (IoP) – Written evidence .................................................................................. 179 International Society for First World War Studies – Written evidence ................................... 183 International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) – Written evidence .................................................................................................................................................................... 189 John Innes Centre and the Sainsbury Laboratory – Written evidence ...................................... 192 Dr Michael Jubb and Dame Janet Finch, Working Group on Expanding Access to Research Publications – Written evidence ......................................................................................................... 193 Dr Paul Kirby, University of Sussex and Dr Meera Sabaratnam, University of Cambridge – Written evidence ................................................................................................................................... 194 London Higher ‘Research Excellence Group’ – Written evidence ............................................ 200 London Mathematical Society – Written evidence ........................................................................ 202 Dr Peter J. Matthews, National Museum of Ethnology, Japan – Written evidence ................ 206 Dr Heather Morrison – Written evidence ...................................................................................... 209 Ross Mounce, PhD student, University of Bath – Written evidence ......................................... 213 Dr Tom Olijhoek – Written evidence .............................................................................................. 219 Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) – Written evidence ....................... 221 Open Book Publishers CIC Ltd – Written evidence ..................................................................... 227 Open Humanities Press – Written evidence ................................................................................... 230 Operational Research Society (ORS) – Written evidence ........................................................... 233 PLOS – Written evidence .................................................................................................................... 235 Political Studies Association of the UK – Written evidence ........................................................ 243 The Publishers Association – Written evidence ............................................................................. 248 2 The Publishers Association, Dr Rita Gardner and Steven Hall – Oral evidence (QQ 38-51) .................................................................................................................................................................... 255 Reed Elsevier – Written evidence ...................................................................................................... 256 Regional Studies Association (RSA) – Written evidence .............................................................. 260 Research Libraries UK (RLUK) – Written evidence ...................................................................... 264 Research Councils UK (RCUK) – Written evidence ..................................................................... 269 Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) – Oral evidence (QQ 52-70) ............................................................................................................... 281 Research Councils UK (RCUK) – Supplementary written evidence ......................................... 299 Royal Astronomical Society – Written evidence ............................................................................ 318 Royal Historical Society of the UK (RHS) – Written evidence ................................................... 322 The Royal Society – Written evidence ............................................................................................. 327 Royal Statistical Society (RSS) – Written evidence ........................................................................ 330 Dr Meera Sabaratnam, University of Cambridge and Dr Paul Kirby, University of Sussex – Written evidence ..................................................................................................................................