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Open Access

Updates

• Science, Intellectual Property, and Legislation in the 110th Congress
• Heightened Activity on Greater Open Access to Scientific Research for Disadvantaged Nations
• China to Develop Infrastructure for Sharing Scientific Data
• Bipartisan Effort Emerges to Make Federally-Funded Research Publicly Accessible
• Iraqi Virtual Science Library Launched on May 3
• Open Access Publisher Criticized by Journal Editors
• Elsevier to Provide Online English-language Access to Chinese Journals
• Review of USPTO’s February 16 Open Source Software Community Meeting
• Largest Commercial Library of Open Source Software Code to Expand; Better Open Source IP Compliance Expected
• Should Species Descriptions be Treated as Open Access Information?
• Aeronautical Data to be Removed from Public Domain
• Royal Society Releases Position Statement on Open Access Publishing
• Visit the Patent Commons Project Online
• Library of Congress Plans to Create a World Digital Library
• New International Initiative to Foster Access to Publicly Funded Research Results
• Kucinich, 12 House Democrats Object to Proposed Privatization of Open Access Scientific Journal
• Government-Sponsored Open Access Journal to be Considered for Privatization
• UK Research Councils Require Free Access to Journal Articles
• Open Access Publishing Debated in AIBS Symposium
• Santorum Bill Would Limit National Weather Service Public Data
• Wellcome Trust Announces Six Month Open Access Policy
• AAAS Policy Forum Explores "The Future of Scientific Communication"
• NIH Asks Grantees to Voluntarily Release Published Articles
• NIH Open Access Publishing Policy Release Postponed
• New Open Access Initiative from Publishers and Advocacy Groups
• Journal Publishers Against "one size fits all" Package
• Open Source Biotech Starts in Earnest
• NIH Open Access Estimated to Cost $2.5 Million
• Point of View: Open Access to Journals Won’t Lower Prices
• NIH Requests Comments on Open Access Policy
• Rep. Istook to Discuss Open Access on House Floor
• NIH Proceeds With Plan to Provide Open Access to Scientific Papers
• 25 Nobel Prize Winners Call for Open Access
• NIH Director to Meet with Scientists and Patients' Rights Groups on Open Access Bill Langauge
• Draft Language from the NIH Appropriations Bill on Access to NIH-Funded Information
• FASEB Concerned About Open Access Legislation
• BioMed Central to Host Workshop Exploring Open Access Funding Models
• NIH Open Access Policy Predates House Directive
• NIH Director Meets with Publishers on Open Access
• Open Access Language Appears in NIH Appropriations Report
• Members of British Parliament Support Open Access to Research
• Free Access to NIH-Funded Research Recommended by House Appropriations Committee
• Open Access Publishing Continues to Stir Debate
• Directory of Open Access Journals Launches Article-Search Feature
• Reed Elsevier Allows Free Web Access to Academics
• BBC to Use Creative Commons License
• PLoS Launches Open Access Medical Journal
• ITU Survey Finds Global Support for WSIS Targets
• ACS SWITCHES VIEWS ON US - AUSTRALIA FTA
• Wellcome Trust: Open access 'can cut costs by up to 30 per cent'
• Brazilian Federal Supreme Court Suspends Law Preferring Open Source Software
• U.K. Parliment holds third session on scientific publications
• Developing-country researchers get 'open access' boost
• News from the WSIS website!
• Top Medical and Scientific Societies Commit To Providing Free Access To Medical And Scientific Research
• UK science publishers give open-access warning

Publications

• An Economic Analysis of Scientific Research Publishing
• Costs and Business Models in Scientific Research Publishing
• Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Proceedings of a Symposium
• Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Report of a Symposium
• Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development
• Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science: Proceedings of an International Symposium
• SPARC Letter to NIH on Open Access
• Scientific Publications: Free for All?
• The facts about open access: A study of the financial and non-financial effects of alternative business models for scholarly journals

Meetings

• 16 Jan 2007 8:30: Symposium: Effects of Intellectual Property Protections on Scientific Research
• 19 Feb 2005 13:00: AAAS Annual Meeting - Science & Intellectual Property Briefing
• 31 Aug 2004: Workshop to explore open access funding models
• 17 Jun 2004: Technology Frontiers and Global Power, Wealth, and Conflict
• 2 Jun 2004 9:00: Toward New Economies of Information Access
• 9 Dec 2003: WSIS
• 8 Dec 2003: Role of Science in the Information Society