FAQs about OA: Difference between revisions

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This list is part of the Open Access Directory.

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: Q56229396.

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Aldelphi Charter FAQ. For the Adelphi Charter, from the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.

Author Choice FAQ. For the Author Choice hybrid OA journal program of the American Physiological Society.

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Budapest Open Access Initiative FAQ (perma.cc). From the Budapest Open Access Initiative.

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Canadian Institutes of Health Research OA policy FAQ. From the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Cancer Research UK OA policy FAQ. From Cancer Research UK.

Cape Town Declaration FAQ (perma.cc). For the Cape Town Open Education Declaration.

Chemical Information Retrieval. From getcheminfo.

Citizendium FAQ. From Citizendium.

CORE FAQs (perma.cc). From CORE.

CORE REF2021 Audit FAQs (perma.cc). From CORE.

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Data Webs FAQ. From Robert Grossman.

DOAJ FAQ (perma.cc). From the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

DRIVER FAQs. A menu of four FAQs from DRIVER (Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research): one on DRIVER itself, one on the DRIVER Guidelines, one on open access, and one on repositories and DRIVER.

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eGranary Digital Library FAQ. From the eGranary Digital Library.

Open Access FAQs (perma.cc). From eIFL ( Electronic Information for Libraries).

E-Print Network FAQ. From the E-Print Network project of the US Department of Energy.

From the European Commission:
- Digital Libraries Initiative FAQ. From the Digital Libraries Initiative.
- EC Approach to the Publishing Industry FAQ. Not revised since September 2005.
- EC Research FAQ. From EC Research, which is not the same thing as the EC Research Directorate-General.
- Scientific information in the digital age FAQ. On the EC Communication on access to scientific information in the digital age, February 15, 2007.

Ezclopedia FAQ. From Ezclopedia.

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Fedora FAQ (perma.cc). From the Fedora Commons.

Free Cultural Works FAQ (perma.cc). From the Definition of Free Cultural Works.

Free to Read FAQ. For the "Free to Read" hybrid OA journal program of the American Physical Society.

FRPAA FAQ. For the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006. The FAQ accompanied the bill's introduction in May 2006 and was never updated.
- FRPAA FAQ. For the 2009 reintroduction of FRPAA. From the Alliance for Taxpayer Access. July 9, 2009.

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From Google:
- Google Book Search FAQ (perma.cc). From Google Book Search.
- Google Scholar FAQ for Searchers (perma.cc). From Google Scholar.
- Google Scholar FAQ for Publishers (perma.cc). From Google Scholar.

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ITech FAQ. From ITech.

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Opening up Access to Research Results FAQ. From Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), Research Councils UK (RCUK), Council for the Central Laboratory for the Research Councils (CLRC), and the Research Libraries Network (RLN). Version 1.1, August 2005.

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Million Book Project FAQ. From the Universal Digital Library.

MRC OA policy FAQ. From the UK Medical Research Council.

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Newfound Press FAQ. For the Newfound Press from the University of Tennessee.

NIH Public Access Policy FAQ. For the Public Access Policy of the US National Institutes of Health.

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OATP FAQ. From the Open Access Tracking Project (OATP).

open-access.net FAQ. From the information platform open-access.net

Open Data Commons FAQ (perma.cc). From the Open Data Commons.

OpenAIRE FAQ (perma.cc). From OpenAIRE.

OpenDepot FAQ. From OpenDepot.

OpenDOAR FAQ. From the Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR).

OpenGLAM FAQ. From OpenGLAM.

OpenLOCKSS FAQ. From OpenLOCKSS.

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Panton Principles FAQ (perma.cc). From the Panton Principles for Open Data in Science.

Philica FAQ. From Philica.

Public Library of Science FAQ (perma.cc). From the Public Library of Science.

PubMed Central FAQ (perma.cc). From PubMed Central.

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Royal Society EXiS Open Choice FAQ. For the EXiS Open Choice hybrid OA journal program of the Royal Society.

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Sage Open FAQ (perma.cc). For the Sage Open hybrid OA program from Sage Publications.

Science Commons FAQ. From Science Commons.

SCOAP3 FAQ for U.S. Libraries (perma.cc). From the SCOAP3 project at CERN.

Self-Archiving FAQ. From Stevan Harnad.

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The European Library FAQ. From The European Library.

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University of California Open Access Policy Proposal FAQ (perma.cc). For the UC OA policy proposal.

UTOPIA FAQ. For the UTOPIA project at the University of Texas.

From the Wellcome Trust:
- Open Access Policy FAQ for Authors. For the OA policy.
- Open Access Policy FAQ for Publishers. For the OA policy.
- Medical Journals Backfiles Digitisation Project FAQ. For the Medical Journals Backfiles Digitisation Project.

Wikimedia Foundation FAQ (perma.cc). From the Wikimedia Foundation.

WorldWideScience.org FAQ (perma.cc). From WorldWideScience.org.

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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.
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-* [http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/boaifaq.htm Budapest Open Access Initiative FAQ].  From the [http://www.soros.org/openaccess/ Budapest Open Access Initiative].
+* [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].
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 * [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].  For the [http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/ Cape Town Open Education Declaration].
+* [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].
+* [https://core.ac.uk/faq/ CORE FAQs] ([https://perma.cc/2XQA-EKQ4 perma.cc]). From [https://core.ac.uk/ CORE].
+* [https://core.ac.uk/faq/#ref-audit CORE REF2021 Audit FAQs] ([https://perma.cc/FRS7-RA3R perma.cc]). From [https://core.ac.uk/ CORE].
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 * [http://www.rgrossman.com/data-webs.htm Data Webs FAQ].  From Robert Grossman.
-* [http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTempl&templ=faq DOAJ FAQ].  From the [http://www.doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals] (DOAJ).
+* [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].
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 * [http://www.widernet.org/digitalLibrary/eGranaryFAQ.htm eGranary Digital Library FAQ].  From the [http://www.widernet.org/digitalLibrary/ eGranary Digital Library].
-* [http://soros.epnet.com/eifl_description.asp eIFL Direct FAQ].  From [http://www.eifl.net eIFL] ( Electronic Information for Libraries).
+* [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].
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-* [http://www.fedora.info/wiki/index.php/FAQ Fedora FAQ].  From the [http://www.fedora-commons.org/ Fedora Commons].
+* [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].  From the [http://freedomdefined.org/Definition Definition of Free Cultural Works].
+* [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].
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 * 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://books.google.com/support/?fulldump=1 Google Book Search FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/P3VG-YG6K perma.cc]).  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/help.html Google Scholar FAQ for Searchers] ([https://perma.cc/D4QB-UB8U perma.cc]).  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].
+** [http://scholar.google.com/scholar/publishers.html Google Scholar FAQ for Publishers] ([https://perma.cc/LH2J-KULC perma.cc]).  From [http://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar].
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 * [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].
+* [https://opendatacommons.org/faq.1.html Open Data Commons FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/4S7Q-EDGU perma.cc]).  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].
+* [https://www.openaire.eu/faqs OpenAIRE FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/T6XR-HQAB perma.cc]).  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].
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-* [http://pantonprinciples.org/faq/ Panton Principles FAQ].  From the [http://pantonprinciples.org/ Panton Principles for Open Data in Science].
+* [http://pantonprinciples.org/faq/ Panton Principles FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/KA73-EDK9 perma.cc]).  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].
+* [https://www.plos.org/faq Public Library of Science FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/K6GL-25VM perma.cc]).  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].
+* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/about/faq.html PubMed Central FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/AR8C-9HW9 perma.cc]).  From [http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/ PubMed Central].
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-* [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].
+* [https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/faqs Sage Open FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/3ALA-KNH9 perma.cc]).  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://scoap3.org/us_faq.html SCOAP3 FAQ for U.S. Libraries] ([https://perma.cc/9FB8-L5Z5 perma.cc]).  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.
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-* [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://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/openaccesspolicy/oa_policy_faq.html University of California Open Access Policy Proposal FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/BSA8-RSRS perma.cc]).  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].
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 ** [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].
+* [https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ Wikimedia Foundation FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/35QN-UQEB perma.cc]).  From the [http://wikimediafoundation.org/ Wikimedia Foundation].
-* [http://worldwidescience.org/wwsfaq.pdf WorldWideScience.org FAQ].  From [http://www.worldwidescience.org/ WorldWideScience.org].
+* [http://worldwidescience.org/wwsfaq.pdf WorldWideScience.org FAQ] ([https://perma.cc/G2EV-AQSX perma.cc]).  From [http://www.worldwidescience.org/ WorldWideScience.org].

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