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Call to action: Oppose H.R. 3699, a bill to block public access to publicly funded researchJan 6, 2012A new bill, The Research Works Act (H.R.3699), designed to roll back the NIH Public Access Policy and block the development of similar policies at other federal agencies, has been introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives. Supporters of public access need to speak out against this proposed legislation. We strongly urge you to contact these offices to express your opposition TODAY, or as soon as possible.
The NIH Public Access PolicyFeb 2, 2012NIH puts out comprehensive information on Open Access Policies.
Thousands of Scientists Vow to Boycott Elsevier to Protest Journal PricesFeb 2, 2012
Jop de Vrieze, ScienceInsider, February 1, 2012
Journal Publishing ReformFeb 1, 2012A collection of links to information, opinion, activism, and other issues concerning the practices of research journal publishers.
Petition Targeting Elsevier’s Business Practices Begins to SnowballFeb 1, 2012Michael Kelley, The Library Journal, January 31, 2012
ASPB Does Not Endorse the Research Works ActJan 30, 2012
Researchers Taking a Stand Against ElsevierJan 30, 2012
SOPA's Killer Cousin You've Probably Never Heard AboutJan 27, 2012Abdulrahman El-Sayed,The Huffington Post, January 26, 2012
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Policy Briefing on Open AccessJan 27, 2012
Chandrika Nath, Parliament, January 25, 2012
ATA Responds to the White House RFIJan 25, 2012On January 12, 2012 The ATA submitted the following comments in response to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) Request for Public Information on public access to scholarly articles. All responses will be ultimately be made public on the OSTP website.
No Science for You!Jan 25, 2012The Alliance for Natural Health USA, January 24, 2012
Who Gets to See Published Research?Jan 24, 2012Jennifer Howard, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 22, 2012
Democrat Maloney and Republican Issa Ally to Hurt Science and Help CompaniesJan 18, 2012Adrienne Burke, Forbes, January 17, 2012
New Bill Would Put Taxpayer-Funded Science Behind Pay WallsJan 17, 2012Lena Groeger, ProPublica, January 12, 2012
Cracking Open the Scientific ProcessJan 17, 2012Thomas Lin, The New York Times, January 16, 2012
University Presses Disagree With Publishers Group on Bill to Curb Public AccessJan 17, 2012Jennifer Howard, The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 17, 2012
New Bill Aims to Kill Open Access Publishing PolicyJan 12, 2012GenomeWeb Daily News, January 11, 2012
Research Bought, Then Paid ForJan 11, 2012Michael Eisen's letter to the editor, The New York Times, January 10, 2012
Representatives Issa (R-CA) and Maloney (D-NY) introduce anti-open access legislationJan 11, 2012James Love, January 5, 2012
Why does the ACM act against the interests of scholars?Jan 11, 2012Rob Simmons, Request for Logic blog, January 5, 2012
Stop Making Sense (Scholarly Publishing Edition)Jan 11, 2012Maura Smale, ACRLog blog, January 6, 2012
A Case of Open and ShutJan 11, 2012Christine Ross, Copyright on Campus blog, January 5, 2012
Academic publishers acting badlyJan 11, 2012Mita Williams, New Jack Librarian blog, January 6, 2012
In Lieu of Flowers: An Open Letter to the American Association of Cancer ResearchJan 11, 2012Heather Morrison, The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics blog, January 6, 2012
Scientists, Fight For Access!Jan 11, 2012Kevin Zelnio, EvoEcoLab blog, January 6, 2012
Librarians, Open Access Advocates ‘Vehemently Oppose’ Research Works ActJan 11, 2012Michael Kelley, The Digital Shift blog, January 9, 2012
Behind the Research Works Act: Which U.S. Representatives are Receiving Cash from Reed Elsevier?Jan 11, 2012Jason Baird Jackson, Shreds and Patches blog, January 5, 2012
Congress Considers Paywalling Science You Already Paid ForJan 11, 2012David Dobbs, Neuron Culture blog, January 6, 2012
More Legislative Shenanigans: Research Works Act (H.R. 3699)Jan 11, 2012Meredith, MPublishing blog, January 5, 2012
Research Works Act: Latest Congressional Lie about Helping Small BusinessJan 11, 2012AnnMaria De Mars, January 7, 2012
Scientists, the White House seeks your opinion on Open AccessJan 11, 2012Björn Brembs, björn.brembs.blog, January 6, 2012
Peter Suber on “New Bill to Block Open Access to Publicly-Funded Research”Jan 11, 2012Gary D. Price, INFOdocket blog January 5, 2012
A Quick Note on the Membership of the American Association of Publishers and the Research Works ActJan 11, 2012Gary D. Price, INFOdocket blog, January 6, 2012
Research Works ActJan 11, 2012Jane Morris, Scholarly Communication News@BC blog, January 6, 2012
Testimony: academic AAP members and the Research Works Act: where do you stand? Bear witness.Jan 11, 2012Peter Brantley, Reading 2.0 blog, January 5, 2012
Publishers Applaud "Research Works Act," Bipartisan Legislation To End Government Mandates on Private-Sector Scholarly PublishingJan 11, 2012Heather Morrison, The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics blog, January 5, 2012
Research Works Act: fighting the last warJan 11, 2012The Library Loon, Gavia Libraria blog, January 5, 2012
Research Works Act is an anti-entrepreneurial billJan 11, 2012Britt Holbrook, csid, January 6, 2012
Congress wants to limit open access publishing for the US government's $28B/year subsidized researchJan 11, 2012Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing, January 6, 2012
New US Publisher Anti-OA LegislationJan 11, 2012Cable Green, Open Educational Resources blog, January 4, 2012
Dear Representatives Issa and Maloney - Are you kidding me? Stop this bill now #ClosedAccessJan 11, 2012Jonathan Eisen, The Tree of Life blog, January 5, 2012
Calling on Publishers to Resign from The Association of American Publishers Re Anti-Open Access StanceJan 11, 2012Jonathan Eisen, The Tree of Life blog, January 6, 2012
The Scholarly Poor could lose access to scientific research; this is seriousJan 11, 2012Peter Murray-Rust, January 6, 2012
Oppose H.R. 3699: To ensure the continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector.Jan 9, 2012Letter to Congress via POPVOX
Elsevier-funded NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Wants to Deny Americans Access to Taxpayer Funded ResearchJan 9, 2012Michael Eisen, it is NOT junk, January 5, 2012
New bill to block open access to publicly-funded researchJan 9, 2012Peter Suber, January 5, 2012
Scholarly Societies: It's time to abandon the AAP over The Research Works ActJan 9, 2012John Dupuis, Confessions of a Science Librarian, January 5, 2012
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