Accelerating access to biomedical evidence
The Big Think site brought this video to my attention. As this is a teaching blog, I think it is worth watching, if you are unfamiliar with this notion of who pays and what are the most sustainable models of open access. Panelists: Mike Rossner, Executive Director of the Rockefeller University Press; Ivy Anderson, Director [...]
Tue, August 31 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
On July 29th, Allan Adler, Vice President of government and legal affairs at the Association of American Publishers (AAP), told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee that FRPAA would seriously threaten the scholarly publishing industry: “Publishers strongly believe that American taxpayers are entitled to the research they’ve [...]
Fri, August 13 2010 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
On July 29th, Allan Adler, Vice President of government and legal affairs at the Association of American Publishers (AAP), told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subcommittee that FRPAA would seriously threaten the scholarly publishing industry: “Publishers strongly believe that American taxpayers are entitled to the research they’ve [...]
Fri, August 6 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
From the ARL SPARC press release: Washington, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, the Census and National Archives announced it will hold a hearing on the issue of public access to federally funded research on Thursday, July 29. The hearing will provide an opportunity [...]
Tue, July 20 2010 » Uncategorized » 4 Comments
The American Society for Microbiology(ASM) is one of the most distinguished and successful biomedical science publishers. ASM is already a full participant in PubMed Central for all of its non-open journals, offering free access at six months after publication, in effect already complying with the six month intent of the FRPAA legislative proposal. Now an [...]
Sun, May 16 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
The mission statement of the AACR and its Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer lays out a compelling rationale for individual and corporate support of their efforts: Prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication and collaboration Foster cancer research and related biomedical science Accelerate the dissemination of new research findings among scientists and [...]
Tue, May 4 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
The 4th annual open access week will take place October 18-24, 2010. In an effort to build a collaborative environment, the organizers at SPARC have enlisted the Ning social networking software (note that Ning is announcing the elimination of free Ning networks on May 4th). When you register for access to the Open Access Week [...]
Sun, May 2 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
After reading this message, I asked Margo if I could post it, and she said go for it. Dear Colleagues: The day H.R. 5037 (Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010 – FRPAA) was introduced, I happened to be sending an open access article to a headache support group. The article was the result of [...]
Thu, April 29 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) satisfies the central demand of the Alliance for Taxpayer Access: Ensuring taxpayers have access to the results of research funded with tax dollars. President Obama’s Office for Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) is attempting to collect genuine taxpayer comments through Thursday, January 7, 2010, addressing the following questions: [...]
Mon, January 4 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
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