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[[File:oad2.jpeg|60px]] This list is part of the [http://oad.simmons.edu Open Access Directory].

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* '''January 2006'''. The [http://www.ercim.org/ European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics] (ERCIM) published its [http://www.ercim.org/publication/Ercim_News/enw64/ercim-oa.html Statement on Open Access].

* '''January 7, 2006'''. The session on open access at the [http://www.93isc.org/93rd_isc_themes.htm 93rd Indian Science Congress] (Hyderabad, January 3-7, 2006) produced an [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/2713.html Optimal National Open Access Policy] for India. Among other things, it calls for mandating open access to the results of publicly-funded research.

* '''January 16, 2006'''. The Governing Board of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility ([http://www.gbif.org/ GBIF]) adopted a [http://circa.gbif.net/irc/DownLoad/kqepAOJBmrGtp9ppb4pqRBjR5BmFFEvH/yo6c_mTv3OnSpFYd1G/Recommendation.pdf Recommendation On Open Access To Biodiversity Data], reaffirming and extending its [http://circa.gbif.net/Public/irc/gbif/pr/library?l=/access_statement/_EN_1.0_&a=i open access statement] from last year (listed above under January 2005).

* '''January 20, 2006'''. In its [http://www.nsf.gov/od/oci/ci_v5.pdf Cyberinfrastructure Vision For 21st Century Discovery], version 5.0, the U.S. National Science Foundation ([http://www.nsf.gov/ NSF]) endorsed open access to data.

* '''January 27, 2006'''. The University of Nottingham (UK) and Lund University (Sweden) officially launched [http://www.opendoar.org/ OpenDOAR] (Directory of Open Access Repositories).

* '''January 27, 2006'''. [http://web.mit.edu/ MIT] developed its [http://libraries.mit.edu/about/scholarly/copyright-form.html Copyright Amendment Form] to help authors retain the rights they need to authorize open access.

* '''January 30, 2006'''. Germany's [http://www.dfg.de/en/ Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft] (German Research Foundation, DFG) adopted a [http://www.dfg.de/en/news/information_science_research/other_news/info_wissenschaft_04_06.html policy] that grantees "should" provide open access to DFG-funded research. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/04-02-06.htm#dfg SOAN for 4/2/06].)

* '''February 1, 2006'''. [http://www.scholarpedia.org/ Scholarpedia] launched, blending the openness of Wikipedia with expert authors, attribution, and anonymous, expert peer review.

* '''February 17, 2006'''. [http://publicgeodata.org/ Public GeoData] launched an online [http://rejectinspire.publicgeodata.org/ petition] calling for open access to publicly-funded geodata in Europe.

* '''February 27, 2006'''. [http://www.informindia.co.in/ Informatics India] launched [http://www.openj-gate.com/ Open J-Gate], a searchable portal of open-access journals.

* '''February 21, 2006'''. [http://www.qut.edu.au/ Queensland University of Technology] created an [http://www.oaklaw.qut.edu.au/ Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law project]. The official launch took place November 29-30, 2006.

* '''March 2006'''. The [http://www.assaf.co.za/ Academy of Science of South Africa] wrote a [http://blues.sabinet.co.za/images/ejour/assaf/assaf_strategic_research_publishing.pdf report] recommending both green and gold open access. See especially Recommendation 6, which would use public funds to pay processing fees at open-access journals, launch a network of open-access repositories, and harvest the repositories

* '''March 9, 2006'''. Charles Arthur and Michael Cross launched the [http://www.freeourdata.org.uk/ Free Our Data] campaign for open access to publicly-funded geodata in the UK with an [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_03_05_fosblogarchive.html#114192898365119309 article] in ''The Guardian''.

* '''March 31, 2006'''. The [http://www.biodiv.org/convention/cops.asp Conference of the Parties] to the [http://www.biodiv.org/convention/default.shtml Convention on Biological Diversity] (Curtiba, Brazil, March 20-31, 2006) adopted a [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/2898.html statement] endorsing open access for biodiversity data.

* '''April 3, 2006'''. The [http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm European Commission] released a [http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/414&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en report] calling for an open-access mandate to publicly-funded research. The report is dated January 2006 but was apparently not released until April 3. The inquiry underlying the report was [http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/research/press/2004/pr1506en.cfm launched] in June 2004. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/05-02-06.htm#ecreport SOAN for 5/2/06].)

* '''April 3, 2006'''. The [http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html Canadian Institutes of Health Research] (CIHR) [http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/30818.html announced] that it is developing a policy of open access to CIHR-funded research. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/05-02-06.htm#cihr SOAN for 5/2/06].)

* '''April 10, 2006'''. [http://software.eprints.org/ Eprints] added an [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/2922.html email request button]. [http://libraries.mit.edu/dspace-mit/ DSpace] added the feature the [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/2931.html next day].

* '''April 11, 2006'''. [http://www.microsoft.com/ Microsoft] launched [http://academic.live.com/ Live Academic Search].

* '''April 17, 2006'''. The pro-business [http://www.ced.org/ Committee for Economic Development] (CED) issued a [http://ced.issuelab.org/research/listing/open_standards_open_source_and_open_innovation_harnessing_the_benefits_of_openness report] supporting the NIH policy, calling for it to be strengthened and extended to other federal funding agencies, and recommending open access for federally-funded research.

* '''April 17, 2006'''. Participants in a [http://stardata.nrf.ac.za/html/workshopCodata1.html CODATA workshop] (Pretoria, September 5-7, 2005) released a [http://stardata.nrf.ac.za/html/workshopCodataPublications.html report] urging Southern African institutions to mandate open-access archiving and promote data sharing.

* '''April 25, 2006'''. [http://www.ourmedia.org/ Ourmedia] released the [http://www.ourmedia.org/node/212696 Open media statement of principles]

* '''May 2006'''. The German Parliament began considering a bill (based on an [http://www.gerd-hansen.net/Hansen_GRUR_Int_2005_378ff.pdf article] by Gerd Hansen) that would permit author self-archiving of journal articles six months after publication regardless of the terms in a copyright transfer agreement the author might have signed. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/06-02-06.htm#germanbill SOAN for 6/2/06].)

* '''May 2, 2006'''. Senators John Cornyn and Joe Lieberman introduced the [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02695: Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006] in the U.S. Senate. The FRPAA would mandate open access to most federally funded research. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/05-02-06.htm#frpaa SOAN for 5/2/06].)

* '''May 9, 2006'''. [http://www.hu-berlin.de/ Humboldt University Berlin] adopted an [http://www.edoc.hu-berlin.de/e_info/oa-erklaerung.php Open Access Declaration].

* '''May 11, 2006'''. Sweden launched a [http://www.kb.se/openaccess/english/english_intro.htm national open access initiative] whose [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_05_14_fosblogarchive.html#114805874097695220 goal] is "to promote maximum accessibility and visibility of works produced by researchers, teachers and students at Swedish universities and university colleges."

* '''May 15, 2006'''. India's [http://www.nitrkl.ac.in/ National Institute of Technology] (NIT) in Rourkela adopted an [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=National Institute of Technology, Rourkela open-access mandate].

* '''May 23, 2006'''. The [http://www.rectors-council.helsinki.fi/indexENG.htm Finnish Council of University Rectors] decided to [http://www.minedu.fi/julkaisut/tiede/2005/tr16/tr16.pdf support a wide-ranging set of initiatives] to advance open access in Finland.

* '''May 23, 2006'''. The [http://www.aaanet.org/ American Anthropological Association] (AAA) signed the [http://www.idsociety.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=16265 May 23 letter] from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) opposing [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/05-02-06.htm#frpaa FRPAA], concerned that FRPAA would harm its publishing arm, [http://www.anthrosource.net/ AnthroSource]. For its own part, the AnthroSource Steering Committee wrote a [http://www.aaanet.org/press/ASSCletter.htm letter] ''supporting'' FRPAA (August 9, 2006, made public October 7, 2006). In response, on October 30, 2006, the AAA [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/12-02-06.htm#aaa disbanded] the committee.

* '''May 24, 2006'''. [http://www.elsevier.com/ Elsevier] launched its [http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0605&L=pamnet&T=0&O=D&P=10815 Sponsored-Article] hybrid journal model. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/06-02-06.htm#elsevier SOAN for 6/2/06].)

* '''May 31, 2006'''. The [http://users2.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=wsj-users2&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114893698047965609.html?emailf=yes Wall Street Journal] published a [http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=671 Harris Poll] showing that an overwhelming majority of Americans supported open access for publicly-funded research.

* '''June 6, 2006'''. [http://sciencecommons.org/ Science Commons] launched [http://sciencecommons.org/literature/index_html/scholars_copyright Scholar's Copyright], three "author addenda" for copyright transfer agreements to help authors retain the rights they need to provide open access to their work.

* '''June 21, 2006'''. The [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/ Royal Society] launched its [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/news.asp?id=4838 EXiS Open Choice] hybrid journal model. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/07-02-06.htm#rs SOAN for 7/2/06].)

* '''June 21, 2006'''. France's [http://www.cnrs.fr/ Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique] (CNRS) adopted a [http://ccsd.cnrs.fr/IMG/pdf/DGauxDU_060621.pdf policy] asking its researchers to deposit their research articles in [http://hal.ccsd.cnrs.fr/?langue=en HAL], the central French open-access repository.

* '''June 22, 2006'''. [http://www.cern.ch/ CERN] published a [http://library.cern.ch/OATaskForce_public.pdf report] outlining its project to convert all the toll-access journals in particle physics to open access. CERN began implementing the plan at a [http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=7168 November 3, 2006, meeting]. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/09-02-06.htm#cern SOAN for 9/2/06] and [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/12-02-06.htm#cern SOAN for 12/2/06].)

* '''June 25, 2006'''. Participants in the [http://icommons.org/ iCommons iSummit for 2006] (Rio de Janeiro, June 23-25, 2006) released the [http://icommons.org/declarations/the-rio-2006-declaration-on-open-access/ Rio Declaration on Open Access].

* '''June 27, 2006'''. The University of North Carolina released its [http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Collections/ScholCom/UNCAuthorAgreement.cfm Journal Author Agreement] to help authors retain the rights they needed to authorize open access.

* '''June 28, 2006'''. The [http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/ Research Councils UK] (RCUK) issued its long-awaited [http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/access/index.asp open-access policy]. It lets the eight separate Research Councils go their own way, but on the day of the announcement, three had already decided to mandate open access to the research they fund. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/07-02-06.htm#rcuk SOAN for 7/2/06].)
* '''June 29, 2006'''. [http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/ SHERPA] launched [http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet/ JULIET], a database of the open-access policies adopted by funding agencies.

* '''July 28, 2006'''. Twenty-five US university provosts signed a [http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/groups/CICMembers/archive/documents/FRPAAletterFinal7-24-06.pdf public letter] endorsing [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/05-02-06.htm#frpaa FRPAA] and calling for open access to publicly-funded research. This letter, organized by the [http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/ Committee on Institutional Cooperation], triggered a wave of similar letters: a [http://www.gwla.org/News/press/GWLA-Endorses-Open-Access-Legislation July 31, 2006, letter] organized by [http://www.gwla.org/ Greater Western Library Alliance], a [http://www.oberlingroup.org/open-letter-frpaa September 5, 2006 letter] organized by the [http://www.oberlingroup.org/ Oberlin Group], and a [https://arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/3332.html September 6, 2006, letter] organized by the [http://www.necop.org/ New England Council of Presidents]. [http://www.arl.org/sparc/ SPARC] then [http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/frpaa/institutions.html consolidated the signatures] and provided a web form for US-based provosts and presidents to add new ones.

* '''August 3, 2006'''. [http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/ BMJ] launched the [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/3244.html BMJ Unlocked] hybrid journal program.

* '''August 4, 2006'''. The [http://sciencenavigation.com/ Science Navigation Group] (parent company to [http://www.biomedcentral.com/ BioMed Central]) launched [http://www.chemistrycentral.com/ Chemistry Central], its first project beyond biomedicine. At the same time it announced plans for [http://www.physmathcentral.com/ PhysMath Central]. A new umbrella organization, [http://www.openaccesscentral.com/ Open Access Central], will coordinate the growing family of disciplinary projects.

* '''August 8, 2006'''. [http://www.wiley.com John Wiley & Sons] launched its [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/3247.html Funded Access] hybrid journal program.

* '''August 9, 2006'''. The [http://www.comp.utas.edu.au/ University of Tasmania School of Computing] adopted an [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=University of Tasmania School of Computing open access mandate] for both faculty and graduate students.

* '''August 12, 2006'''. [http://www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press] launched the [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/3253.html Cambridge Open Option] hybrid journal program.

* '''August 14, 2006'''. The [http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/home.html American Chemical Society] launched its [http://pubs.acs.org/pressrelease/author_choice/ AuthorChoice] hybrid journal program.

* '''August 16, 2006'''. The [http://www.aps.org/ American Physical Society] launched its [http://publish.aps.org/FREETOREAD_FAQ.html Free To Read] hybrid journal program.

* '''August 20, 2006'''. The US [http://www.neh.gov/ National Endowment for the Humanities] adopted [http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/editions.html guidelines] giving preference to projects that promise free online access to the results. (See [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/10-02-06.htm#topstories SOAN for 10/2/06].)

* '''August 28, 2006'''. [http://www.su.se/ Stockholm University] adopted the [http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/fullinfo.php?inst=University of Southampton policy] that faculty shall, as far as possible, deposit their research articles in the institutional repository.

* '''August 30, 2006'''. [http://www.ohiolink.edu/ OhioLink] released its [http://www.ohiolink.edu/journalcrisis/intellproprecsaug06.pdf Author Addendum] (approved May 2006) to help authors retain the rights they need to authorize open access.

* '''September 2006'''. Four German universities launched the [http://www.openaccess-germany.de/ Informationsplattform Open Access].

* '''September 1, 2006'''. The [http://www.iop.org/ Institute of Physics], publisher of 73 physics journals, launched [http://eprintweb.org/ EprintWeb.org], a new mirror, front end, and enhancement to [http://arxiv.org/ arXiv].

* '''September 7, 2006'''. Participants in the Second Gulf-Maghreb Scientific Congress (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 25-26, 2006) issued the ''Declaration of Riyadh for Free Access to Scientific and Technical Information'' in [http://openaccess.inist.fr/article.php3?id_article=129 Arabic] and [http://openaccess.inist.fr/article.php3?id_article=128 French]. An [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/3379.html English translation] came out on October 12, 2006.

* '''September 11, 2006'''. The European Commission and nine European research institutions launched [http://www.driver-repository.eu/ DRIVER] (Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research), a large-scale, international knowledge infrastructure built on open-access repositories.

* '''September 23, 2006'''. [http://www.digitaluniverse.net/ Digital Universe] launched the open-access [http://www.eoearth.org/ Encyclopedia of Earth].

* '''September 25, 2006'''. The [http://www.aspb.org/ American Society of Plant Biologists] adopted a [http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-09/asop-rpp092506.php hybrid journal program].

* '''September 28, 2006'''. [http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/ Taylor & Francis] launched its [http://www.informa.com/corporate/investors/press_releases/2006/2006-09-28_20017377567.htm iOpenAccess] hybrid journal program.

* '''October 2006'''. The Australian government published a [http://www.dest.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/7E5FDEBD-3663-4144-8FBE-AE5E6EE47D29/14572/TheRecommendedRQFwebsiterelease14November2007.pdf/nsfagenda.pdf report] on Research Quality Framework recommending open access to publicly-funded research.

* '''October 2006'''. The newly updated UK [http://www.nesli2.ac.uk/model.htm Model NESLi2 Licence for Journals] contains a provision (3.1.3.13) to allow open-access archiving.

* '''October 1, 2006'''. Open access mandates took effect at four of the eight Research Councils UK ([http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/ RCUK]): the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council ([http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/ BBSCR]), Economic & Social Research Council ([http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ ESRC]), Medical Research Council ([http://www.mrc.ac.uk/ MRC]), and Natural Environment Research Council ([http://www.nerc.ac.uk/ NERC]). The first three were adopted in June 2006 and the fourth in August. Also on October 1, an open-access request or encouragement (short of a mandate) took effect at a fifth Research Council, the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils ([http://www.cclrc.ac.uk/ CCLRC]).

* '''October 1, 2006'''. The year-old [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD002766.html OA policy] at the [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ Wellcome Trust] was [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX032117.html extended] to all outstanding grants, no longer how long ago they were awarded.

* '''October 2, 2006'''. The Commission to the European Parliament published [http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52006PC0051:EN:NOT report] recommending open access to publicly-funded EU geodata.

* '''October 3, 2006'''. The [http://www.rsc.org/ Royal Society of Chemistry] launched its [http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/September/02100602.asp Open Science] hybrid journal program.

* '''October 6, 2006'''. Austria's [http://www.fwf.ac.at/index.asp Furderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung] (FWF, Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research) adopted an [http://www.fwf.ac.at/de/public_relations/oai/index.html open access policy] asking its grantees to provide open access to FWF-funded research.

* '''October 10, 2006'''. The [http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html Canadian Institutes of Health Research] (CIHR) released a [http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/32326.html draft policy] that would mandate open access to CIHR-funded research.

* '''October 11, 2006'''. A group of important French research institutions (CEMAGREF, CIRAD, CNRS, INRA, INRIA, INSERM, IRD, and the Pasteur Institute) [http://www.academie-sciences.fr/actualites/communiques/pdf/ccsd_11_10_06_communique.pdf agreed] to use [http://hal.ccsd.cnrs.fr/?langue=en HAL] (Hyper Article on Line) for their open-access archiving. Some already required open-access archiving for their research output (INRA) and some strongly recommended it (CNRS, INRIA, INSERM).

* '''October 12, 2006'''. [http://www.chemistswithoutborders.org/ Chemists Without Borders] adopted an [http://chemistswithoutborders.blogspot.com/2006/10/open-chemistry-position-statement.html Open Chemistry Position Statement].

* '''October 17, 2007'''. Larry Sanger (co-founder of Wikipedia) [http://citizendium.org/release_001.html launched] [http://citizendium.org/ Citizendium], a "progressive fork" of Wikipedia using author attribution and expert peer review.

* '''October 23, 2006'''. [http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/china-unveils-plans-to-boost-scientific-data-sharing.cfm China announced] a mandate for open data.

* '''October 25, 2006'''. [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/ JISC] and [http://www.surf.nl/ SURF] drafted a [http://www.surf.nl/copyrighttoolbox/authors/licence/ model license] to help authors retain the rights they need for open-access archiving.

* '''October 27, 2006'''. Participants in a Mexico City [http://www.dgbiblio.unam.mx/eventos/reunion/conf2006/programa_eng.htm conference] issued [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/3495.html The Declaration of Mexico], recommending open access policies to Latin American universities and governments.

* '''October 30, 2006'''. [http://www.yale.edu/ Yale University] and the [http://www.unep.org/ UN Environment Programme] officially launched [http://www.oaresciences.org/en/ Online Access to Research in the Environment] (OARE).

* '''November 2006'''. The [http://www.karmancenter.unibe.ch/ Karman Center for Advanced Studies] in the Humanities at the University of Bern [http://www.karmancenter.unibe.ch/pantheon committed itself to open access] for all its future projects.

* '''November 2006'''. The [http://www.apc.org/ Association for Progressive Communications] (APC) revised its [http://rights.apc.org/charter.shtml Internet Rights Charter], which now (in section 3.3) construes open access to publicly-funded research as a consequence of the [http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html Universal Declaration of Human Rights]. The first edition of the charter was developed in 2001-2002.

* '''November 2006'''. Canada's [http://www.athabascau.ca/ Athabasca University] adopted a [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_11_26_fosblogarchive.html#116489593087321623 policy] asking its faculty to self-archive their peer-reviewed research articles

* '''November 2006'''. Twenty-two US federal government agencies formed an Interagency Working Group on Digital Data ([http://iwg.cfa.harvard.edu/twiki4/bin/view.cgi/Main/WebHome IWGDD]) and [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2007/03/agency-level-oa-data-policies-coming-to.html plan] to deposit the data generated by their research grantees in a network of OA repositories. They are considering an OA mandate.

* '''November 1, 2006'''. The eight titles in the [http://www.eurphysj.org/ European Physical Journal] family adopted a [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/3416.html hybrid journal model].

* '''November 2, 2006'''. The [http://www.pc.gov.au/ Australian Government Productivity Commission] released a [http://www.pc.gov.au/study/science/draftreport/index.html report] recommending open access to publicly-funded research.

* '''November 20, 2006'''. [http://www.horizons.it/ Horizons Unlimited] (Bologna, Italy) launched [http://www.openarchives.eu/home/home.aspx?lang=en OpenArchives.eu], a major new directory of open-access repositories.

* '''November 21, 2006'''. The European Parliament reached a compromise on the [http://inspire.jrc.it/ INSPIRE Directive] (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe). Geospatial data "designed for the general public" will "generally" be open access although government agencies may charge cost-recovery fees "for access to data that has to be updated frequently, such as weather reports". The directive takes effect in the summer of 2007.

* '''November 22, 2006'''. Participants in a Bangalore [http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/OAworkshop2006/ conference] (November 2-3, 2006) drafted a model [http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/OAworkshop2006/pdfs/NationalOAPolicyDCs.pdf National Open Access Policy for Developing Countries].

* '''November 28, 2006'''. The [http://www.ideiasealternativas.com/CRUP/index.htm Council of the Rectors of Portuguese Universities] released a [https://mx2.arl.org/Lists/SPARC-OAForum/Message/3492.html declaration on open access] it had approved about two weeks earlier.

* '''December 2006'''. The [http://europa.eu.int/erc/index_en.cfm Scientific Council] of the European Research Council ([http://erc.europa.eu/ ERC]) issued a [http://erc.europa.eu/pdf/open-access.pdf Statement on Open Access] in which it pledged to adopt an OA mandate for ERC-funded research "as soon as pertinent repositories become operational".

* '''December 2006'''. Word surfaced of [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_12_17_fosblogarchive.html#116637929327063772 Google's program to digitize the back runs of journals] for free online access. (This program probably began earlier but was not [http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbReader.asp?ArticleId=37309 publicly revealed] until [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2007_08_26_fosblogarchive.html#1438665943003151128 August 2007].)

* '''December 1, 2006'''. The open-access mandate at the UK's Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council ([http://www.pparc.ac.uk/ PPARC]) took effect. The policy was adopted on October 19, 2006.

* '''December 1, 2006'''. [http://www.ifla.org/index.htm IFLA] and [http://www.unesco.org/ UNESCO] released the [http://www.ifla.org/faife/policy/iflastat/Internet-ManifestoGuidelines.pdf IFLA/UNESCO Internet Manifesto Guidelines] (dated September 2006), recommending open access as one way to implement the 2002 [http://www.ifla.org/III/misc/internetmanif.htm IFLA Internet Manifesto] (see August [#2002 2002] above).

* '''December 3, 2006'''. The [http://www.arc.gov.au/ Australian Research Council] (ARC) Funding Rules for 2008 ask grantees (in Rule 1.4.5.3) to deposit their ARC-funded work in an OA repository or explain why not.

* '''December 4, 2006'''. The [http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/siscm/ School of Information Systems Computing and Mathematics] at Brunel University adopted an open-access mandate for journal articles and dissertations.

* '''December 7, 2006'''. The Working Group on Libraries for India's National Knowledge Commission ([http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/ NKC]) [http://knowledgecommission.gov.in/downloads/recommendations/LibrariesLetterPM.pdf recommended] an OA mandate for publicly-funded research.

* '''December 8, 2006'''. The UK Office of Fair Trading [http://www.oft.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/25E7503B-7631-4D60-81D2-979B4BA8C9C7/0/oft861.pdf concluded] that the lack of OA to public data costs the country 500 million/year.

* '''December 9, 2006'''. Australia's [http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/ National Health and Medical Research Council] adopted a [http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/_files/profundingpol.pdf policy] to encourage OA for NHMRC-funded research, and said it will soon ask non-complying grantees to justify their non-compliance.

* '''December 12, 2006'''. [http://www.bdu.ac.in/ Bharathidasan University] adopted an [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2006_12_10_fosblogarchive.html#116593702501530511 OA mandate] for peer-reviewed journal articles by its faculty.

* '''December 13, 2006'''. A [http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/ report] from the American Council of Learned Societies ([http://www.acls.org/ ACLS]) Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities & Social Sciences ([http://www.acls.org/cyberinfrastructure/cyber.htm CCHSS]) recommended an OA mandate, especially for publicly-funded research, and university support for OA and FRPAA.

* '''December 14, 2006'''. The [http://www.embo.org/ European Molecular Biology Organization] (EMBO) launched the [http://www.embo.org/about_embo/press/open_access.html EMBO Open] hybrid journal program.

* '''December 14, 2006'''. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ([http://www.oecd.org/home/ OECD]) issued [http://webdomino1.oecd.org/horizontal/oecdacts.nsf/Display/3A5FB1397B5ADFB7C12572980053C9D3?OpenDocument Principles And Guidelines For Access To Research Data From Public Funding] to implement its [http://www.oecd.org/document/0,2340,en_2649_34487_25998799_1_1_1_1,00.html Declaration on Access to Research Data From Public Funding] (January 2004).

* '''December 18, 2006'''. Australia's [http://www.dest.gov.au/ Department of Education, Science and Training] allocated $25.5 million to build OA repositories at Australian universities as part of the country's new Research Quality Framework (RQF).

* '''December 21, 2006'''. The Public Library of Science ([http://www.plos.org/ PLoS]) officially launched [http://www.plosone.org/ PLoS ONE].

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	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
	* P. Suber. [~~http~~://~~legacy~~.~~earlham~~.edu/~~~peters~~/~~fos~~/~~newsletter/01-02-07.htm#2006~~ Open access in 2006]. SPARC Open Access Newsletter, January 2, 2007.		* P. Suber. [https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4729246 Open access in 2006]. SPARC Open Access Newsletter, January 2, 2007.
			* P. Suber. [https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/4391164 Predictions for 2006]. SPARC Open Access Newsletter, December 2, 2005.

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[2006\|OA-related events held in 2006]], including conferences and workshops		* [[2006\|OA-related events held in 2006]], including conferences and workshops

			==Further reading==
			* P. Suber. [http://legacy.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/newsletter/01-02-07.htm#2006 Open access in 2006]. SPARC Open Access Newsletter, January 2, 2007.

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	* '''December 21, 2006'''. The Public Library of Science ([http://www.plos.org/ PLoS]) officially launched [http://www.plosone.org/ PLoS ONE].		* '''December 21, 2006'''. The Public Library of Science ([http://www.plos.org/ PLoS]) officially launched [http://www.plosone.org/ PLoS ONE].

			==See also==
			* [[2006\|OA-related events held in 2006]], including conferences and workshops