[BOAI] 3rd Anniversary of the NIH Public Access Policy: Call for Stories

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Heather Joseph at SPARC.  --Peter Suber.]


http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/issues/nih/nih_action/callforstories.shtml
3rd Anniversary of the NIH Public Access Policy: Call for Stories

It's hard to believe, but April 7, 2011 will mark the 3rd Anniversary of the
implementation of the policy opening up access to articles reporting on the
results of NIH-funded research. The policy has shown tremendous signs of
success. PubMed Central now contains more than 2 million full text
articles reporting on the latest NIH-funded research, and nearly a *half a
million* individuals access these articles each day.

With this new wealth of information now available, we'd like to know what
*your* experience has been with it. Specifically, we'd like to hear:

   1. *How have you been using the database?*
   2. *Have you used the articles to help inform yourself  about new
   developments in a specific area?*
   3. *Has the availability of these articles through PubMed Central helped
   you advance your research in ways that would not have occurred if they were
   not available?*
   4. *Have articles that you have authored appeared in PubMed Central as a
   result of the policy?*
   5. *Have you been contacted by other researchers who have found your work
   in the database, or vice versa?*
   6. *Have you taken any of the articles to your doctor or other health
   care provider?*
   7. *Has your healthcare provider used this database as a resource? (if
   you don't know, please ask her/him!)*
   8. *Has the availability of the articles in PMC had an impact on how you
   (or anyone in your community) **manage your health care?*

We've heard from people who have used the latest research in various ways,
and the stories are extremely powerful.  If you have one, please  share it!
It will help us to not only ensure that PubMed Central remains open as an
important public resource, but also to make the case to open up additional
publicly funded databasesfrom HHS and other federal agencies as well.

Please send any feedback/stories directly to me at: heather [at] arl [dot]
org.

As always, thank you for continued dedication to ensuring that taxpayers
have full, unrestricted accessto the results of research that our tax
dollars pay for.
 Heather Joseph
Executive Director, SPARC
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
USA
+01 202 296 2296
heather at arl.org
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