- Federal Research Public Access Act
- Taxpayer Access to Research
- White House Request for Information
- National Institutes of Health Public Access Policy
- Opposition
- Advocacy Organization Mandates
- Policies outside the U.S.
Issues
Media Coverage on Taxpayer Access
SPARC's Executive Director, Heather Joseph, on NPR's "On the Media"Feb 18, 2012Listen to Joseph discuss recent backlash against Elsevier and The Research Works Act. Other commentators add to discussion of the Open Access movement.
At Open-Access Meeting, Advocates Emphasize the Impact of Sharing KnowledgeNov 14, 2011From The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 11, 2011
Turning To Open-Access Publishing To Advance Research QuestOct 25, 2011Under the Microscope, October 25, 2011
Academic publishers make Murdoch look like a socialistSep 15, 2011Opinion by George Monbiot from The Guardian (UK)
OSTP's role expanding under new lawJan 31, 2011Federal News Radio's Jason Miller interviews Tom Kalil, deputy director for policy, OSTP (Jan. 27, '11)
As COMPETES Act Is Signed into Law, 'Wait-and-See' Is the Attitude on Further OA LegislationJan 24, 2011
An Obvious DistinctionNov 17, 2010Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, in the Huffington Post
Rare Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’sAug 16, 2010From the New York Times
House Hears New Open Access FightAug 6, 2010
Free Access to U.S. Research Papers Could Yield $1 Billion in BenefitsAug 6, 2010From Science Magazine
Publisher argues free access to research violates administration's transparency initiativeAug 2, 2010by Aliya Sternstein
House Hearing Explores Debate Over Free Access to Journal ArticlesAug 2, 2010by Jocelyn Kaiser
Lawmakers Hear Arguments for and Against Open Access to ResearchJul 30, 2010by Jennifer Howard
Open Access to InformationJul 23, 2010UNESCO supports actions designed to empower people so that they can access and contribute to information and knowledge flows.
You deserve access to researchMay 21, 2010by David Carlson, Southern Illinoisan
New Hope for Open AccessApr 15, 2010From Insurance News Net
Medical Students, Other Student Groups Endorse Open AccessJun 18, 2009by Josh Hadro, Library Journal
Copyright Battle Looms for Docs Who 'Grew Up Google'Apr 22, 2009by Brian Blank, ABC News
Open-access policy flourishes at NIHApr 7, 2009by Meredith Wadman, Nature News
Cornell Librarians Protest Bill Closing Access to NIH ResearchMar 30, 2009by Dawn Lim
An unfair formulaMar 30, 2009
Protect our access to medical researchMar 23, 2009by Richard J. Roberts
A (Publishing) House Divided: Scholarly Publishers In Support and Opposition to Public Access to ResearchMar 18, 2009by John Willinsky
Upping access to open accessMar 5, 2009by Elie Dolgin
No Taxation Without Information (Student Publication)Feb 26, 2009by Keith Donovan
Online access = more citationsFeb 19, 2009
The 10 Most Influential People in ScienceDec 26, 2008
4 Top Science Advisers Are Named by ObamaDec 20, 2008The New York Times
Making Clinical Data Widely AvailableOct 10, 2008
You're Sick. Now What? Knowledge Is Power.Sep 29, 2008
Kicking the Doorstop on Open AccessSep 22, 2008
Open access: public good or publishers' evil?Sep 12, 2008
Crowdsourcing the Flu VaccineJul 10, 2008
Progress toward Public Access to ScienceApr 8, 2008
LJ Academic Newswire Newsmaker Interview: Student Open Access Activist Gavin Baker (Student Publication)Jan 31, 2008
MIT Finds Key to Avian Flu in HumansJan 6, 2008
Access For All (Student Publication)May 1, 2007
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