View source for FAQs about OA

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* This is a list of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about open access and OA-related projects, policies, and organizations.  It's not a place to start a new FAQ, merely to list existing FAQs.

* Wikidata identifier for this page: [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56229396 Q56229396].

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==A==

* [http://www.ipcharter.org/pdfs/faqs.pdf Aldelphi Charter FAQ]. For the [http://www.ipcharter.org/ Adelphi Charter], from the [http://www.rsa.org.uk/ Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce].

* [http://www.the-aps.org/authorchoice/faq.html Author Choice FAQ].  For the [http://www.the-aps.org/authorchoice/ Author Choice] hybrid OA journal program of the [http://www.the-aps.org/ American Physiological Society].

==B==

* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/boaifaq.htm Budapest Open Access Initiative FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/T2UG-D856 perma.cc]).  From the [http://www.soros.org/openaccess/ Budapest Open Access Initiative].

==C==

* [http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/35664.html Canadian Institutes of Health Research OA policy FAQ].  From the [http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/ Canadian Institutes of Health Research] (CIHR).

* [http://science.cancerresearchuk.org/gapp/openaccess_ukpmc/ukpmc_faqs Cancer Research UK OA policy FAQ].  From [http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ Cancer Research UK].

* [http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/faq Cape Town Declaration FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/KT7Q-CKJM perma.cc]).  For the [http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/ Cape Town Open Education Declaration].

* [http://getcheminfo.wikispaces.com/FAQ Chemical Information Retrieval].  From [http://getcheminfo.wikispaces.com/ getcheminfo].

* [http://www.citizendium.org/faq.html Citizendium FAQ].  From [http://citizendium.org/ Citizendium].

==D==

* [http://www.rgrossman.com/data-webs.htm Data Webs FAQ].  From Robert Grossman.

* [https://doaj.org/faq DOAJ FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/Y9CM-EZBX perma.cc]).  From the [http://www.doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals] (DOAJ).

* [http://www.driver-support.eu/en/faq/index.html DRIVER FAQs].  A menu of four FAQs from [http://www.driver-repository.eu/ DRIVER] (Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research):  one on [http://www.driver-support.eu/faq/driverfaq.html DRIVER itself], one on the [http://www.driver-support.eu/faq/guidelinesfaq.html DRIVER Guidelines], one on [http://www.driver-support.eu/faq/oafaq.html open access], and one on [http://www.driver-support.eu/faq/driverrepfaq.html repositories and DRIVER].

==E==

* [http://www.widernet.org/digitalLibrary/eGranaryFAQ.htm eGranary Digital Library FAQ].  From the [http://www.widernet.org/digitalLibrary/ eGranary Digital Library].

* [https://www.eifl.net/faq-page/1043 Open Access FAQs] ([https://perma.cc/W3RW-F55F perma.cc]).  From [http://www.eifl.net eIFL] ( Electronic Information for Libraries).

* [http://www.osti.gov/eprints/about.html E-Print Network FAQ].  From the [http://www.osti.gov/eprints/ E-Print Network] project of the US [http://www.energy.gov/ Department of Energy].

* From the [http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm European Commission]:
** [http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/faq/index_en.htm Digital Libraries Initiative FAQ].  From the [http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/index_en.htm Digital Libraries Initiative].
** [http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/327&type=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en EC Approach to the Publishing Industry FAQ].  Not revised since September 2005.
** [http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=faq&lg=en EC Research FAQ].  From [http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?lg=en EC Research], which is not the same thing as the EC [http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/research/index_en.html Research Directorate-General].
** [http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/57&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en Scientific information in the digital age FAQ].  On the [http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/doc/scientific_information/communication_en.pdf EC Communication on access to scientific information in the digital age], February 15, 2007.

* [http://www.ezclopedia.com/user/articlehome.php?article_id=62 Ezclopedia FAQ].  From [http://www.ezclopedia.com/user/index.php Ezclopedia].

==F==

* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ Fedora FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/G4JE-TWTG perma.cc]).  From the [https://duraspace.org/fedora/ Fedora Commons]. 

* [http://freedomdefined.org/FAQ Free Cultural Works FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/7468-EXTQ perma.cc]).  From the [http://freedomdefined.org/Definition Definition of Free Cultural Works].

* [http://publish.aps.org/FREETOREAD_FAQ.html Free to Read FAQ]. For the "Free to Read" hybrid OA journal program of the [http://www.aps.org/ American Physical Society].

* [http://cornyn.senate.gov/doc_archive/05-02-2006_FRPPAFAQs.pdf FRPAA FAQ].  For the [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.2695: Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006].  The FAQ accompanied the bill's introduction in May 2006 and was never updated.
** [http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/bm~doc/faq2009.pdf FRPAA FAQ].  For the [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.111s1373 2009 reintroduction of FRPAA].  From the [http://www.taxpayeraccess.org Alliance for Taxpayer Access].  July 9, 2009.

==G==

* From [http://www.google.com Google]:
** [http://books.google.com/support/?fulldump=1 Google Book Search FAQ].  From [https://books.google.com/ Google Book Search].
** [http://scholar.google.com/scholar/help.html Google Scholar FAQ for Searchers].  From [http://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar].
** [http://scholar.google.com/scholar/publishers.html Google Scholar FAQ for Publishers].  From [http://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar].

==I==

* [http://www.i-techonline.com/main/FAQ.html ITech FAQ].  From [http://www.i-techonline.com/ ITech].

==J==

* [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/QandA-Doc-final.pdf Opening up Access to Research Results FAQ].  From Joint Information Systems Committee ([http://www.jisc.ac.uk/ JISC]), Research Councils UK ([http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/ RCUK]), Council for the Central Laboratory for the Research Councils ([http://www.cclrc.ac.uk/ CLRC]), and the Research Libraries Network ([http://www.rln.ac.uk/ RLN]). Version 1.1, August 2005. 

==M==

* [http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/MBP_FAQ.html Million Book Project FAQ].  From the [http://www.ulib.org/ Universal Digital Library].

* [http://www.mrc.ac.uk/PolicyGuidance_old/EthicsAndGovernance/OpenAccessPublishingandArchiving/FAQonOpenAccess/MRC003406 MRC OA policy FAQ].  From the UK [http://www.mrc.ac.uk/ Medical Research Council].

==N==

* [http://www.lib.utk.edu/newfoundpress/faq.html Newfound Press FAQ].  For the [http://www.lib.utk.edu/newfoundpress/ Newfound Press] from the [http://www.utk.edu/ University of Tennessee].

* [http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm NIH Public Access Policy FAQ].  For the [http://publicaccess.nih.gov/ Public Access Policy] of the US [http://www.nih.gov/ National Institutes of Health].

==O==

* [http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OATP_FAQ OATP FAQ].  From the [http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_tracking_project  Open Access Tracking Project] (OATP).

* [http://open-access.net/de_en/general_information/faq/?no_cache=1 open-access.net FAQ]. From the [http://open-access.net/de_en/homepage/ information platform open-access.net]

* [http://www.opendatacommons.org/open-data-commons-faq/ Open Data Commons FAQ].  From the [http://www.opendatacommons.org/ Open Data Commons].

* [http://www.openaire.eu/en/support/faq/1-faq-open-access.html OpenAIRE FAQ].  From [http://www.openaire.eu/index.php OpenAIRE].

* [http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/FAQs_about_OA OpenDepot FAQ].  From [http://opendepot.org/ OpenDepot].

* [http://www.opendoar.org/faq.html OpenDOAR FAQ].  From the [http://www.opendoar.org/ Directory of Open Access Repositories] (OpenDOAR).

*[http://openglam.org/faq/ OpenGLAM FAQ]. From [http://openglam.org/ OpenGLAM]. 

* [http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/Research/openlockss/faq.shtml OpenLOCKSS FAQ].  From [http://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/Research/openlockss/ OpenLOCKSS].

==P==

* [http://pantonprinciples.org/faq/ Panton Principles FAQ].  From the [http://pantonprinciples.org/ Panton Principles for Open Data in Science].

* [http://www.philica.com/faq.php Philica FAQ].  From [http://www.philica.com/ Philica].

* [http://www.plos.org/about/faq.html Public Library of Science FAQ].  From the [http://www.plos.org/ Public Library of Science].

* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/about/faq.html PubMed Central FAQ].  From [http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/ PubMed Central].

==R==

* [http://royalsocietypublishing.org/site/authors/EXiSFAQs.xhtml Royal Society EXiS Open Choice FAQ].  For the [http://royalsocietypublishing.org/site/authors/EXiS.xhtml EXiS Open Choice] hybrid OA journal program of the [http://royalsociety.org/ Royal Society].

==S==

* [http://www.sagepub.co.uk/sageopenfaq.sp Sage Open FAQ].  For the [http://www.sagepub.co.uk/sageopen.sp Sage Open] hybrid OA program from [http://www.sagepublications.com/ Sage Publications].

* [http://sciencecommons.org:81/resources/faq Science Commons FAQ].  From [http://sciencecommons.org Science Commons].

* [http://scoap3.org/us_faq.html SCOAP3 FAQ for U.S. Libraries].  From the [http://www.scoap3.org/ SCOAP3] project at [http://www.cern.ch/ CERN].

* [http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ Self-Archiving FAQ].  From Stevan Harnad.

==T==

* [http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/organisation/services/faq_en.html The European Library FAQ].  From [http://www.TheEuropeanLibrary.org  The European Library].

==U==

* [http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy/oa_policy_faq.html University of California Open Access Policy Proposal FAQ].  For the UC [http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy/ OA policy proposal].

* [http://utopia.utexas.edu/contactus/contactus.html UTOPIA FAQ].  For the [http://utopia.utexas.edu/ UTOPIA project] at the [http://www.utexas.edu/ University of Texas].

* From the [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ Wellcome Trust]:
** [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Open-access/Guides-and-FAQ/WTD018855.htm Open Access Policy FAQ for Authors].  For the [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/node3302.html OA policy].
** [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/About-us/Policy/Spotlight-issues/Open-access/Guides-and-FAQ/WTX031743.htm Open Access Policy FAQ for Publishers].  For the [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/node3302.html OA policy].
** [http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_wtx017072.html Medical Journals Backfiles Digitisation Project FAQ].  For the [http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/node280.html Medical Journals Backfiles Digitisation Project].

* [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions Wikimedia Foundation FAQ].  From the [http://wikimediafoundation.org/ Wikimedia Foundation].

* [http://worldwidescience.org/wwsfaq.pdf WorldWideScience.org FAQ].  From [http://www.worldwidescience.org/ WorldWideScience.org].