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color=#0000ff size=2>That's not the point! It seems that under the existing
copyright laws this new provision for NIH sponsered publications is subject to
interpretation.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk
[mailto:boai-forum-bounces@ecs.soton.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Iryna
Kuchma<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 12, 2009 4:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
boai-forum@ecs.soton.ac.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [BOAI] Re: First U.S. Public
Access Policy Made Permanent<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>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>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #cccccc 1px solid">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>To
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