SPARC Europe’s response to the Finch Report « SPARC Europe. A thumbs up for Open Access, but an expensive way of getting there SPARC Europe welcomes the UK Government’s positive interest in Open Access and the Finch report on expanding access to research publications. We are pleased that the issue has gained recognition for its importance and the benefits it can bring. SPARC Europe has long worked to help achieve Open Access in Europe and this development in the UK is significant for its contribution to the worldwide developments around Open Access. This is true of both the so-called ‘Green’ route to Open Access, where research findings are made freely available through Open Access repositories, and the so-called ‘Gold’ route, where articles are made Open Access by the publisher, often (though not in most cases) through a system where the author pays a publication fee.
The main points that we wish to flag up are as follows, and are elaborated in the ensuing text: Conversely, pure Gold Open Access is now no longer an experiment. A UK-only furrow? New website for SPARC Europe « SPARC in Europe. About « SPARC in Europe. The SPARC Daily. SPARC Europe. The SPARC Videoblog » OpenAIRE: What Libraries Need to Know.