Policy Guidance for Grantee Institutions

• Complying with the National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy:
  Copyright Considerations and Options
  SPARC–Science Commons–ARL white paper by Michael W. Carroll, Villanova University law school

Guidance from NIH

• NIH Public Access Policy
• Statutory basis for the policy
• How to comply
• NIH Manuscript Submission system
• Frequently asked questions
• List of journals that currently deposit articles in PubMed Central on behalf of their authors
• Article from NIH’s Office Extramural Research Newsletter outlining what the new policy means to NIH-funded investigators

Resources from Research Universities

• University of California, Berkeley Research Administration and Compliance Office: announcement
• University of California, Davis: Web guide
• University of California, Riverside: announcement
• University of California, San Diego: How to Comply, Web guide, and letter [PDF].
• University of California, San Francisco: Web guide
• Cornell University Library: Web guide
• Duke University Libraries Scholarly Communication Office: blog entry
• Duke University Libraries Scholarly Communication Office: Congratulations letter
• Duke University Medical Center Library: Web guide
• University of Illinois at Chicago Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research: Web guide
• University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: blog entry
• Indiana University Medical Libraries: Web guide
• University of Iowa Division of Sponsored Programs: announcement
• Johns Hopkins University: FAQ
• MIT Libraries: Web guide, MIT amendment tool
• University of Minnesota: Web guide
• University of North Carolina Carolina Population Center: Web guide
• University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System: Web guide
• Purdue University: Web guide
• University of Rochester Medical Center: Web guide, publisher policy resource
• University of Southern California Medical Library: announcement
• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Library: Web guide
• University of Virginia: Web guide
• Washington University School of Medicine: Web guide, info sheet [PDF], chart illustrating when authors need to comply [PDF]
• University of Wisconsin Medical Library: announcement

General Author-Rights Management Resources

• Authors and Their Rights (ARL)
• SPARC Author Rights
  SPARC Addendum to Publication Agreement [PDF]
• Creative Commons
• Science Commons Scholar’s Copyright Project
  Science Commons Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine
• SHERPA/ROMEO - Publisher copyright policies and self-archiving
• Publisher policies on NIH-funded authors

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Policy

• Announcement from Harvard
• Selected press coverage:
  

  “Harvard Opts In to Opt Out Plan” Inside Higher Ed
  ” A Shot Heard ‘Round the Academic World: Harvard FAS Mandates Open Access” LJ Academic Newswire
  “After Harvard, the Open Access Deluge?” LJ Academic Newswire
  “Shieber: Librarians Very Involved with Harvard OA Motion” Interview in LJ Academic Newswire.

Associations and Advocacy Organizations

• ARL (Association of Research Libraries)
• Alliance for Taxpayer Access
• Open Access News (blog)
• SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
• SPARC Open Access Newsletter
• Association of Academic Health Science Libraries

To recommend other useful resources, e-mail karla@arl.org.