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SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Proposal

The Association of American Universities (AAU), the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and ARL have drafted a proposal in response to the OSTP memo: The SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE).

pdf share-proposal-07june13.pdf

The proposal begins:

Research universities are long-lived and are mission-driven to generate, make accessible, and preserve over time new knowledge and understanding. Research universities collectively have the assets needed for a national solution for enhanced public access to federally funded research output. As the principal producers of the resources that are to be made publicly available under the new White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)[1] memorandum, and that are critical to the continuing success of higher education in the United States, universities have invested in the infrastructure, tools, and services necessary to provide effective and efficient access to their research and scholarship. The new White House directive provides a compelling reason to integrate higher education’s investments to date into a system of cross-institutional digital repositories that will be known as SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE)...

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Terms:2013, Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Curation, Data Management, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data, Open Scholarship, Public Access Policies, Publications, Publishing Models, Report, Repositories, Scholarly Communication, Text

SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE) Proposed by ARL, AAU, APLU

image © Niklas WikströmARL, the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) have drafted a proposal, “SHared Access Research Ecosystem (SHARE)” (PDF), in response to the recent White House directive on public access to federally funded research and data.

Terms:Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Curation, Data Management, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data, Public Access Policies

ARL, AAU, APLU Present Statements on Public Access to Data, Publications

white-house image © Tom LohdanThis week, the National Research Council (NRC) is hosting four days of discussion on the recent White House memo, “Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research” (PDF). NRC is conducting these sessions to garner input from a wide variety of perspectives on behalf of many federal agencies. ARL, the Association of American Universities (AAU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) presented joint statements on “Expanded Public Access to Data” (PDF) and “Expanded Public Access to Publications” (PDF).

Terms:Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data, Public Access Policies

AAU, APLU, ARL Statement on Expanded Public Access to Data

The Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and the Association of Research Libraries presented a joint statement on expanded public access to data to the National Research Council at the National Academy of Science Forum on May 16, 2013.

pdf univ-lib-statement-public-access-data-16may13.pdf

Terms:2013, Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data, Public Access Policies, Statement, Text

White House Takes Historic Steps to Open Up Government Data

on May 09, 2013

white-house image © Tom LohdanToday President Obama signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to make government data more accessible to the public. Under the terms of the Executive Order, "Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information," a new Open Data Policy (PDF) released today establishes a framework to help agencies implement the principles of effective information management throughout the data life cycle to promote interoperability and openness. Whether or not particular information can be made public, agencies can apply this framework to all information resources to promote efficiency and produce value.

Terms:Data Management, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data

Expanded Public Access to Federally Funded Research: AAU, APLU, ARL Issue Call to Action

on April 17, 2013

white-house image © Tom LohdanToday the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released a two-page statement by David E. Shulenburger calling on the research university community to provide input to the US Government for increasing access to the results of federally funded research.

Terms:Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data, Open Scholarship, Public Access Policies

Expanded Public Access: A New Era with New Challenges

on April 17, 2013

On April 17, 2013, the Association of American Universities (AAU), Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and Association of Research Libraries (ARL) released this two-page statement by David E. Shulenburger calling on the research university community to provide input to the US Government for increasing access to the results of federally funded research.

pdf expanded-public-access-a-new-era-with-new-challenges-15apr13.pdf

Terms:2013, Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Policies, David E. Shulenburger, Open Access, Open Data, Open Scholarship, Publications, Statement, Text

ARL Commends Obama Administration for Historic Action Opening up Access to Federally Funded Research

on February 22, 2013

white-house image © Tom Lohdan Today, the Obama administration issued a historic Policy Memorandum that opens up access to the results of publicly funded research. ARL applauds the Obama administration for this critically important action. The memorandum calls upon federal agencies with annual research and development budgets of $100 million or more to provide the public with free and unlimited online access to the results of that research.

Terms:Access to Federally Funded Research, Data Policies, Open Access, Open Data, Open Scholarship, Public Access Policies

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