Library Associations

Association of Research Libraries
American Library Association
Association of American Law Libraries
Special Libraries Associations

• Library associations' letter to NIH Director, August 31, 2004 [PDF]
• ARL Comments in Support of NIH Proposal, "Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information," October 29, 2004

Other Organizations

AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC)

• Letter to NIH Director, Dr. Zerhouni, August 25, 2004 [PDF]
• Letter to Congress and NIH on behalf of volunteer and nonprofit HIV/AIDS treatment, vaccine, and prevention advocacy groups, August 6, 2004 [PDF]

Alliance for Taxpayer Access (ATA)

ATA is a coalition of public interest groups who support reforms that will make publicly funded biomedical research accessible to the public.

• Letter to NIH Director, Dr. Zerhouni, August 27, 2004 [PDF]
• Press release: Taxpayers Support "Open Access" to NIH Research, August 24, 2004
• ATA FAQs, August 24, 2004 [PDF]

Association of American Universities (AAU)

• AAU statement on NIH public-access proposal [PDF]

Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI)

• AIRI endorses NIH public-access proposal, October 28, 2004

BioMed Central

• Letter to Dr. Zerhouni in support of NIH's open access proposal, September 23, 2004

The Council of the National Academy of Sciences

• National Academies endorse NIH proposal, September 16, 2004

Genetic Alliance

SPARC

• Letter to NIH Director, Dr. Zerhouni, July 28, 2004 [PDF]

Nobel Prize Winners

Twenty-five Nobel laureates send letter to Congress in support of NIH federally funded research initiative, August 26, 2004