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Nov 10, 2009
Nobel Prize-winning scientists urge Congress to act to ensure free online access to federally funded research results “For America to obtain an optimal return on our investment in science, publicly funded research must be shared as broadly as possible,” is the message that forty one Nobel Prize-winning scientists in medicine, physics, and chemistry gave to Congress in an open letter delivered yesterday.
Nov 6, 2009
(Webcast invitation) New Publishing Models: Developing a common platform for university press e-book distribution The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded four university presses with a grant to support development of a collaborative university press electronic book project. The grant will fund multifaceted research into the feasibility of developing a consortium of university presses to deliver e-books to libraries on a shared platform. Monica McCormick, Program Officer for Digital Scholarly Publishing at New York University, will join us to discuss the project.
Nov 3, 2009
Knowledge as a Public Good From Peter Suber’s November 2009 issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter
Oct 29, 2009
International awareness week marks new beginning for enabling the Web and advancing research through Open Access The first International Open Access Week (October 19 – 23) may have just come to a close, but the broad spectrum of initiatives that it showcased ensures that Open Access to research will play a central role in advancing the conduct of research and scholarship for years to come. Events took place on more than 300 higher education, research, and other sites worldwide, illustrating the dramatic growth of the global network that has emerged in support of Open Access.
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