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December 10, 2009

What Happens with an Info-Savvy Leader

It is nice to see what happens when you have an information/tech-savvy leader like Obama. Canada can't even have a truly open and accessible process for reviewing copyright legislation, so I can't imagine anything approaching this in Canada. Where is our leadership?

On Thursday, Dec. 10, OSTP will launch a public consultation on Public Access Policy. The Administration is seeking public input on access to publicly-funded research results, such as those that appear in academic and scholarly journal articles. Currently, the National Institutes of Health require that research funded by its grants be made available to the public online at no charge within 12 months of publication. The Administration is seeking views as to whether this policy should be extended to other science agencies and, if so, how it should be implemented.

via blog.ostp.gov

Dec 10, 2009 11:36:27 AM | Intellectual Property & Copyright, Scholarly Publishing

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