[Next-Generation Sequencing Book]
  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • January 19, 2008
    An article by Matthew Cockerill:

    ``Many open access advocates will already have heard that NIH's Public Access Policy, until now voluntary, is set to become mandatory following President Bush's approval on Dec 26th 2007 of the latest NIH appropriations bill, which includes the following wording:

    `The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.'

    ``This is great news both for researchers and for the general public. Peter Suber's January SPARC Open Access Newsletter contains a detailed analysis of what the change means, and identifies some of the key issues that remain to be resolved.''

    Full story:
    http://blogs.openaccesscentral.com/blogs/bmcblog/entry/nih_public_access_policy_to

Discussion forums: BioMed Central: NIH Public Access Policy to become mandatory

Expanded view | Monitor forum | Save place

Start a new thread:

You have to be logged in to post a reply.

© 1998-2025 Scilico, LLC. All rights reserved.