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</div><br/><br/> <div class="feature"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.medicalletter.org/tml/sl"> <img src="/web/20080517062515im_/http://mlanet.org/pix/sponsors/medletter_200710.jpg" alt="Thanks to the Medical Letter for their sponsorship of the MLANET members-only Website!" title="Thanks to the Medical Letter for their sponsorship of the MLANET members-only Website!"/></a> </div><!-- close lft-ad --> </td><!-- close tpl-left --> <td id="tpl-content"> <div class="padded"> <!-- ===== CLOSE /etc/ssi/common/tpl-doc-head.ssi ===== --> <!-- ===== CLOSE /etc/ssi/common/tpl-header.ssi ===== --> <h1><b>Open Access</b></h1> <h2>2006-2008</h2> <h3 class="medtext"><strong>NIH Public Access Policy</strong></h3> <p class="medtext"><strong>Fiscal Year 2008--</strong>Section 218 of H.R. 2764, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.rules.house.gov/110_fy08_omni.htm">Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008</a> makes the NIH Public 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The legislation provides that </p> <blockquote> <p class="medtext">&quot;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: <em>Provided,</em> That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.&quot; </p> </blockquote> <h3 class="medtext"><strong>Resources to Guide Libraries Through the Implementation Process</strong></h3> <h4 class="medtext"><strong>National Institutes of Health</strong></h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://publicaccess.nih.gov/">How to comply</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.nihms.nih.gov/">How to deposit into PubMed Central</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm">Frequently asked questions</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/jf08/jf08_skill_kit_manuscript.html">Tool Kit on NIH Manuscript Submission System</a> </li> </ul> <h4><strong>Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries</strong></h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.usc.edu/hsc/nml/aahsl/open_access_toolkit.html">NIH Public Access Tool Kit </a></li> </ul> <h4><strong>Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)</strong></h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/sparc/advocacy/nih/">NIH Public Access Policy Implementation</a> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/sparc/author/">SPARC's Authors Rights Initiative </a></li> </ul> <h4><strong>Sample Implementation Models</strong></h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.fccc.edu/library/nihpolicy.html">Talbot Research Library</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.fhcrc.org/science/shared_resources/library/services/authors/index.html">Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Library</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.usc.edu/hsc/nml/aahsl/open_access_toolkit.html">Academic Health Sciences Libraries</a></li> </ul> <h4 class="medtext"><strong>MLA Statements in Support of NIH Public Access Policy</strong></h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/house_mla_08.pdf">Joint MLA/AAHSL Letter</a> to House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittees (July 2007)</li> <li><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/2007_oct_senate.pdf">Joint library association letter</a> to U.S. Senate urging opposition to proposed amendments to FY 2008 Labor-HHS Appropriations bill that would impede the ability of the NIH to make results of research available to the public (October 2007)</li> <li>Letters to <a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/2008_feb_harkin_letter.pdf">Senator Harkin</a> (D-IA) and <a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/2008_feb_obey_letter.pdf">Rep. Obey</a> (D-WI) expressing appreciation for their support of NIH public access policy and asking them to support the April 7, 2008 implementation date (February 2008)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments/comments_web_listing.htm">MLA comments to the NIH</a> in support of the NIH Public Access Policy (March 2008) </li> </ul> <h4 class="medtext"><span class="medtextbold"><strong>EPA Libraries</strong></span></h4> <p><strong>Fiscal Year 2008-<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.rules.house.gov/110/text/omni/divf.pdf">-</a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.rules.house.gov/110/text/omni/divf.pdf">Division F</a> of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.rules.house.gov/110_fy08_omni.htm">Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Package</a> provides $3 million in funding for restoration of the EPA libraries recently closed and directs the Agency to submit a report to the Committee on Appropriations regarding actions it will take to restore publicly available libraries to provide environmental information and data to each EPA region within 90 days of enactment of this Act. </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/documents/Library_Report_to_Congress.pdf">EPA's Report to Congress</a> (March 2008) </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.epa.gov/libraries/">EPA Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.science.house.gov/publications/requested_reports_detail.aspx?NewsID=2126">Governmental Accountability Office Report</a> on EPA (March 2008) </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.science.house.gov/press/Prarticle.aspx?NewsID=2127">U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology press room on EPA Libraries</a> </li> </ul> <h4><strong>Fiscal Year 2007</strong>-- <span class="medtext">The Administration's FY07 budget proposes cuts to the EPA that are resulting in the closing of EPA libraries around the country.</span></h4> <ul> <li><span class="medtext style1"> <a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/2007-feb_epa-letter.pdf">MLA &amp; AAHSL Letter to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works re: &quot;Oversight of Recent EPA Actions&quot;</a> </span><span class="medtext ">(PDF, 42 KB; February 2, 2007)</span><span class="medtext style1"> </span></li> <li><span class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/200607_epa_letter.pdf">MLA &amp; AAHSL Letter to House and Senate Interior Environment, and Related Agencies re: cuts to EPA Libraries</a> (PDF, 40KB; July 11, 2006)</span> </li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/2006epafinalletter.pdf">MLA &amp; AAHSL Letter to House and Senate Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies re: cuts to EPA Libraries</a> (PDF, 53KB; February 28, 2006) </li> </ul> <h4 class="medtext"><b>Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) of 2006</b>&mdash;a bill that seeks to improve access to the scientific literature and ensure that published information is preserved.</h4> <ul> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/lt07122006.pdf">Joint Library Association Letter to Rep. Collins supporting FRPPA</a> (July 2006)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/sparc/oa/LibraryGroupsCommendProvosts_06AUG.pdf">Joint Library Association Press Release commending 23 provosts for their support of FRPAA</a> (August 2006) </li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.mlanet.org/newsroom/2006/may06.html#1">Joint Library Association Press Release supporting FRPAA </a>(May 2006) </li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/2006_cornyn_letter.pdf"> MLA Letter to Senators Cornyn and Lieberman supporting FRPAA</a> (May 3, 2006; PDF)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://cornyn.senate.gov/doc_archive/05-02-2006_COE06461_xml.pdf">Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006</a> (May 2, 2006)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://cornyn.senate.gov/doc_archive/05-02-2006_FRPAAonepager.pdf">FAQ on Federal Research Public Act of 2006</a> (May 2, 2006)</li> </ul> <h2>2004-2005</h2> <ul> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/2006_nihrpt_pubaccessplcy.pdf">NIH Report to Congress on NIH Public Access Policy</a> (PDF, 2.4MB) (January 2006)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/info/publicaccess/cures_121605.pdf">Joint Library Association Press Release on CURES Bill</a> (December 2005)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://lieberman.senate.gov/documents/bills/051207curessectionbysection.pdf">Section by Section Analysis of CURES Bill</a> (December 2005)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/sparc/oa/RCUK.html">Comments to Research Councils United Kingdom on Draft Position Statement on Research Outputs</a> (August 2005) </li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/pdf/resources/oa_primer_mfunk.pdf">Open Access Primer</a> (PDF, 70KB)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/sparc/pubs/enews/index.html">SPARC E-News</a><b>,</b> a bi-monthly publication on scholarly communications issues</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/">SPARC Open Access Letter<b>,</b></a> a monthly newletter</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/fosblog.html">Open Access News Blog</a> a daily open access resource<br> <a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/pubchem_letter.pdf">MLA Letter to Representative Regula re: PubChem Database</a> (May 26, 2005) [PDF, 32KB]</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/leavitt_nih_proposal.pdf">MLA Letter to Secretary Leavitt on NIH Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research</a> (February 11, 2005) [PDF, 28KB]</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/zerhouni_nih_proposal.pdf">MLA Letter to Dr. Zerhouni on NIH Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research</a><b> (</b>February 11, 2005<b>) </b>[PDF, 28KB]</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-022.html">NIH Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research</a> (February 3, 2005)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2005/od-03.htm">NIH Press Release on NIH Policy</a> (February 3, 2005)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/info_access/mla_nih_1.html">MLA Comments on NIH Proposal &quot;Enhanced Public Access to NIH Research Information</a> (October 2004)</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/archive/newsroom/mla-focus/2004/mla-focus-20041014.html">Write to NIH about Public Access Proposal: Special MLA Focus</a> (October 14, 2004)</li> <li><span class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/arl/pr/taxpayer_alliance.html">Press Release on Establishment of Alliance for Taxpayer Access</a> (August 2004) </span> <ul> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/">Alliance for Taxpayer Access Website</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/zerhouni_20040730.pdf">MLA Letter to Dr. Zerhouni on Free Public Access to Articles Resulting from NIH-funded Research</a> (July 2004) [PDF, 34KB] </li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/publicaccesstohealthinformation_june04_edited.pdf">MLA Statement, Public Access to Health Information: Finding the Balance</a> (June 2004) [PDF, 67KB]</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/">Alliance for Taxpayer Access Website</a> </li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/info/openaccess/letters.html#ata">Association of Research Libraries Open Access Website</a></li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/resources/publish/index.html">MLA Website on Scholarly Publishing Issues</a></li> <li><span class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/fosblog.html">Open Access News Blog</a> </span> <ul> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.earlham.edu/%7Epeters/fos/overview.htm">Peter Suber's Open Access Overview</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><span class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/sparc/core/index.asp?page=f79">Joint Library and Advocacy Organizations Press Release on Washington, DC, Principles</a> (March 2004) </span> <ul> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.dcprinciples.org/statement.pdf">Washington, DC, Principles</a> (March 2004) [offsite PDF] </li> </ul> </li> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.arl.org/sparc/core/index.asp?page=o2">MLA Joins Open Access Working Group Memorandum</a> as evidence for Inquiry into Scientific Publishing by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsctech.htm">U.K. House of Commons Committee</a> (February 2004)<br> The Science and Technology Committee conducted an inquiry into scientific publications, looking at access to journals within the scientific community with particular reference to price and availability.</li> <li class="medtext"><a href="/web/20080517062515/http://mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/openaccess_zerhouni2.pdf">SPARC Letter to NIH on Open Access to Scientific Information</a> (January 6, 2004) [PDF, 97KB]</li> </ul> <h2>2003</h2> <ul> <li class="medtext"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517062515/http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_cong_bills&amp;docid=f:h2613ih.txt.pdf">Public Access to Science Act<b><br> </b></a>H.R. 2613, a bill that would exclude from copyright protection works resulting from scientific research substantially funded by the federal government. 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