ASU (Arizona State University) Libraries have posted a concise piece about Open Access to scholarly research in ” The Library Channel” newsletter: http://lib.asu.edu/librarychannel/2012/05/21/petition/
There is a video and a link to more information as well as the petition at http://www.whitehouse.gov
Freely share the data and the knowledge!
“*NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2011, Search Auto-Complete Feature Added to NLM Main Web Site, MedlinePlus and MedlinePlus en Español
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd11/nd11_mplus_auto_complete.html ”
From NLM New files for the week of Nov 7, 2011
National Institutes of Health: Research Matters
http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/
“The National Institutes of Health (NIH) generates thousands of pieces of important research every year, and even the most dedicated individual would be hard pressed to keep track of all these items. The Research Matters site from NIH makes this all a snap, as users can peruse the latest news releases from their many different research divisions. To get started, first-time visitors may want to look at the “Editor’s Picks”, which have included pieces like “Aspects of Aging Might be Reversed” and “Controlling Computers with Your Mind”. There’s also a search engine on the homepage, and visitors can subscribe to their RSS feed or sign up for regular email updates. On the left-hand side of the homepage, visitors will find “Quick Links” to multimedia features, the “News in Health” newsletter, and various podcasts.”
The update is weekly, and one can subscribe.Source: Today’s Scout Report, Univ. of Wisconsin
Thanks to Tara Calishain and her newsletter, ResearchBuzz, October 4, 2010
OSTI, the Office of Science and Technology Information is worth bookmarking. It serves as a portal for most of the federal goverment’s information, reports and data for 18 agencies:
Agriculture,Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health & Human Services, Interior, Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency, Library of Congress, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, National Archives & Records Adminstration, National Science Foundation, and the US Government Publications Office.
Terminology and thesauri might help in your information searches.
This site is a gateway to DOE collections at ScienceAccelerator.gov, global science via WorldWideScience.org, scientific research data as an open government initiative, and the OSTIblog.
Much of this, they declare, is outside Google’s purview — in the “deep web.”
“The NIH grabbed $10 billion of taxpayers’ funds funneled through the stimulus bill, and NIH chief Francis Collins says the money was used to save or create 50,000 research jobs. In many cases, he adds, the extra funds have kept America’s scientists in American labs.”
- here’s the story from Bloomberg
From FierceBiotech Research [editors@fiercebioresearcher.com] 1/5/10, by John Carroll
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“National networking provides opportunities for scientists to collaborate in new, exciting ways to improve abilities to uncover underlying pathways and mechanisms of biology and to develop new diagnostics, treatments and prevention strategies,” said NCRR Director Barbara Alving, M.D. “The infrastructure created and implemented through these awards has the potential to greatly facilitate the pace of biomedical research nationwide.”
- here’s the NIH release
- check out a list of project partner institutions here — besides Harvard and U of Florida
Also from FierceBiotech Research [editors@fiercebioresearcher.com] 11/2/09, by John Carroll
US government launches interactive public forum on Public Access Policy — 11 Dec 2009
“The US’ Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has launched a public consultation on its 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 (NIH) 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.
OSTP launched an interactive, online discussion on December 10. The discussion is focused on three major areas of interest. These include: Implementation (Dec. 10 to 20): Which Federal agencies are good candidates to adopt public access policies? What variables (field of science, proportion of research funded by public or private entities, etc.) should affect how public access is implemented at various agencies, including the maximum length of time between publication a public release?; Features and Technology (Dec. 21 to 31): In what format should the data be submitted in order to make it easy to search and retrieve information, and to make it easy for others to link to it? Are there existing digital standards for archiving and interoperability to maximise public benefit? How are these anticipated to change; and Management (Jan. 1 to 7): What are the best mechanisms to ensure compliance? What would be the best metrics of success? What are the best examples of usability in the private sector (both domestic and international)? Should those who access papers be given the opportunity to comment or provide feedback?
Each of these topics will form the basis of a blog posting that will appear at www.whitehouse.gov/open and will be open for comment on the OSTP blog.
Search for more Public funded research information in K-Store”
Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter
From today’s Fiercebiotech News, FierceBiotech IT [editors@fiercebiotechit.com]
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By George Miller
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There are other interesting stories too:
Pitt hits computing jackpot
Hoosiers tap cloud for sequencing
Nano, in vivo 3D gains for imaging
Remote imager to provide disease data
click here to read it on the web.. or here:
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The Open Access Policy proposed by the National Institutes of Health has been made permanent.
To read more about the policy see the entry
Here is the 1st paragraph:
“Washington, D.C. – March 12, 2009 – President Obama yesterday signed into law the 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which includes a provision making the National Institutes’ of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy permanent. The NIH Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access requires eligible NIH-funded researchers to deposit electronic copies of their peer-reviewed manuscripts into the National Library of Medicine’s online archive, PubMed Central (PMC). Full texts of the articles are made publicly available and searchable online in PMC no later than 12 months after publication in a journal.”
Source: the SPARC enews which comes out monthly from The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition.
BioOne releases new model publication agreement — 10 Apr 2008
“BioOne, US, a web-based aggregator of research in biological, ecological and environmental sciences, has announced the release of a model publication agreement that addresses current trends in copyright assignment and requirements by NIH and other funding agencies for digital repository deposits. The agreement, developed at the request of several BioOne publishers, may be of interest to any scholarly publishing organisation that is seeking a clear, concise, and legally vetted publication agreement.”
“The final Agreement is currently available for free on the BioOne website at www.bioone.org. An accompanying ‘roadmap’ is also available to provide publishers adopting the agreement with guidance on specific author and publisher rights and amendable sections.”
Source: Knowledgespeak Newsletter
