The Harvard open access initiatives

Abstract

First, the [FAS research] policy should encourage the notion that ideas or creative works produced at the University should be used for the greatest possible public benefit. This would normally mean the widest possible dissemination and use of such ideas or materials. Second, the policy should protect the traditional rights of scholars with respect to the products of their intellectual endeavors. For example, the policy should not interfere with the right of a scholar to decide to publish a book or an article and, if so, when and under what circumstances. Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Grey Book. La presentación ofrece las iniciativas tomadas por la Universidad de Harvard siguiendo esta filosofía.