And did you try the SPARC Author Addendum to secure your rights as the author of a journal article and to modify the publisher’s agreement to keep key rights?<br><br>With best wishes,<br>Iryna Kuchma<br>eIFL Open Access program manager<br>
eIFL.net<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2009/3/12, Allen Kleiman <<a href="mailto:allenk@panix.com">allenk@panix.com</a>>:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
It seems to me that this statement:<br> "...Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a<br><br>manner consistent with copyright law."<br><br><br>Softens the whole message as copyright is assigned to the publisher; at<br>
least in the peer reviewed journal I publish in!<br><br><br><br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: <a href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a><br> [mailto:<a href="mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk">boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>] On Behalf Of Iryna Kuchma<br>
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:01 PM<br> To: <a href="mailto:boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk">boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a><br> Subject: [BOAI] First U.S. Public Access Policy Made Permanent<br><br> [Forwarding from SPARC Open Access Forum]<br>
<br><br><br> For immediate release<br> March 12, 2009<br><br> Contact:<br> Jennifer McLennan<br> jennifer [at] arl [dot] org<br> (202) 296-2296 ext. 121<br><br><br><br> first u.s. public access policy made permanent<br><br>
2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act ensures NIH public access policy will<br> persist<br><br> Washington, D.C. – March 12, 2009 – President Obama yesterday signed into<br> law the 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes a provision<br>
making the National Institutes’ of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy<br> permanent. The NIH Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access requires<br> eligible NIH-funded researchers to deposit electronic copies of their<br>
peer-reviewed manuscripts into the National Library of Medicine’s online<br> archive, PubMed Central (PMC). Full texts of the articles are made publicly<br> available and searchable online in PMC no later than 12 months after<br>
publication in a journal.<br><br> The NIH policy was previously implemented with a provision that was subject<br> to annual renewal. Since the implementation of the revised policy the<br> percentage of eligible manuscripts deposited into PMC has increased<br>
significantly, with over 3,000 new manuscripts being deposited each month.<br> The PubMed Central database is a part of a valuable set of public database<br> resources at the NIH, which are accessed by more than 2 million users each<br>
day.<br><br> The new provision reads in full:<br><br> The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require in the<br> current fiscal year and thereafter that all investigators funded by the NIH<br> submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's<br>
PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed<br> manuscripts upon acceptance for publication to be made publicly available no<br> later than 12 months after the official date of<br> publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy<br>
in a manner consistent with copyright law.<br><br> “This is a significant moment for all of us in the health community, and<br> for efforts in health reform. With free access to health research,<br> individuals are empowered with the knowledge necessary to understand the<br>
health threats they and their families face,” said Sharon Terry, President<br> and CEO of Genetic Alliance. “Congress recognizes the incredible power of<br> technology and innovation in enabling new solutions for the proactive<br>
management of health, consumer-driven healthcare, and novel partnerships and<br> collaborations in research. Congratulations to us all.”<br><br> The NIH Public Access Policy addresses the public’s growing need for<br> high-quality health information and promotes accelerated scientific<br>
advancement in the biomedical sciences.<br><br> "Public access to publicly funded research contributes directly to the<br> mission of higher education,” said David Shulenburger, Vice President for<br> Academic Affairs at NASULGC (the National Association of State Universities<br>
and Land-Grant Colleges). “Improved access will enable universities to<br> maximize their own investment in research, and widen the potential for<br> discovery as the results are more readily available for others to build<br>
upon.”<br><br> Heather Joseph, spokesperson for the Alliance for Taxpayer Access noted,<br> “Thanks to the work of a wide coalition of patients, libraries, researchers,<br> publishers, students, and taxpayers, the results of NIH-funded research can<br>
be accessed – and used - in ways never before possible. The successful<br> implementation of this policy will unlock the potential of this research to<br> benefit the public as a whole. ”<br><br> For more information, and a timeline detailing the evolution of the NIH<br>
Public Access Policy beginning May 2004, visit the ATA Web site at<br> <a href="http://www.taxpayeraccess.org">http://www.taxpayeraccess.org</a>.<br><br><br><br> ###<br><br><br><br> The Alliance for Taxpayer Access is a coalition of patient, academic,<br>
research, and publishing organizations that supports open public access to<br> the results of federally funded research. The Alliance was formed in 2004 to<br> urge that peer-reviewed articles stemming from taxpayer-funded research<br>
become fully accessible and available online at no extra cost to the<br> American public. Details on the ATA may be found at<br> <a href="http://www.taxpayeraccess.org">http://www.taxpayeraccess.org</a>.<br><br><br><br>--<br>
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