Open letter to the Science Minister on open access

Tim Berners-Lee and seven other academics have written an open letter to Lord Sainsbury and the Research Councils, calling on the RCUK to go ahead with plans to make researchers that it funds place a copy of their research in an open access online archive. The letter is in response to the RCUK's consultation on its plans and is in contrast to views expressed by some publishers, reports the Guardian. A News Extra piece in the BMJ of 3rd September picks up this story as well.