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A voice for change from within the publishing establishment: Mike Rossner honored as latest SPARC innovator

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:02:53 UT

For creating forward-thinking publishing policies to expand access and verify scientific research, SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) has named Mike Rossner, executive director of the Rockefeller University Press (RUP) in New York the latest SPARC innovator.

CALL TO ACTION: Tell Congress you support the Federal Research Public Access Act

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:18:00 UT

On June 25, Senators Lieberman (I-CT) and Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act (S.1373), a bill that would ensure free, timely, online access to the published results of research funded by eleven U.S. federal agencies. Express your support for this bill today.

US student bodies call for open access

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:45:44 UT

Industry Trends, June 15, 2009

A coalition of student associations in the USA have signed a statement calling on universities, research funders, and researchers to support open access to research.

ALA Conference 2009: Panel To Address Academic Library “Hard Times”

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:36:49 UT

Norman Oder, Library Journal, June 25, 2009

Taxpayer Alliance applauds bill to broaden access to federal research results - Federal Research Public Access Act introduced today

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:31:12 UT

Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), a bill to ensure free, timely, online access to the published results of research funded by eleven U.S. federal agencies. The proposed bill is welcomed by the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, a coalition of research institutions, consumers, patients, and others formed to support open public access to publicly funded research.

OASIS Open Access Source Book Now Online

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:30:44 UT

A new portal for educational materials on the “concept, principles, advantages, approaches and means to achieving Open Access,” the Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook (OASIS), is now online. Launched at the recent ELPUB meeting, the new Web resource was featured at an Open Access Week Web cast today.

Practical Advice on Bridging the Library-Press Divide

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:58:15 UT

Meredith Benjamin, The Exchange Online, June 11, 2009

SPARC enews/June 2009

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:50:21 UT

Student Statement on the Right to Research

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:18:25 UT

Learning and inquiry are impeded when scholars lack access to fellow researchers’ work, and when students lack access to the work of scholars before them.

Copyright law prevents access to millions of 'orphan works'

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:16:01 UT

Research Information, June 15, 2009

Student Coalition Forms to Back Open Access

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:14:09 UT

Inside Higher Ed, June 15, 2009

Medical Students, Other Student Groups Endorse Open Access

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:11:12 UT

Josh Hadro, Library Journal, 6/18/2009

Ed School Faculty Endorse Open Access

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:40:00 UT

by Niha S. Jain, The Harvard Crimson.

Open Access Growing Steadily, But Powerful Gatekeepers Remain

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:14:55 UT

The recent vote by MIT faculty to freely and publicly distribute research articles they write marks a sea change in the relationship between academic authors and publishers of scientific journals.

Open Access Membership: Reporting tool brings convenience and control

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:12:04 UT

Following the recent rapid growth of institutional Memberships for open access publications, innovative publisher BioMed Central announces the introduction of the “Online Reporting System” for its open access Prepay and Postpay Membership accounts.