Open Access Information 2006-2007

• Coalition Letter regarding LHHS Appropriations Bills
• Open access -- clear benefits, hidden costs
  An article by librarian Rick Anderson, University of Nevada
• Letter from Patricia Schroeder to Chairman Harkin regarding the NIH Public Access Policy (3/28/2007)
• U.S. Professional and Scholarly Publishers Endorse International Declaration on Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishing (3/7/2007)
• AAUP's Statement on Open Access (2/27/2007)
• Nonprofit Publishers Oppose Government Mandates for Scientific Publishing (2/20/2007)
• DC Principles Coalition Sends Strong Letter to Senators on Behalf of Senior Academic Leaders (9/22/2006)
• PSP publishers have expressed their willingness to work with the NIH to facilitate implementation of the current NIH Public Access Policy:
  • Letter to Dr. Elias Zerhouni (7/31/2006)
  • Publisher Principles (7/31/2006)
• Letter to Senator Collins in Opposition to S. 2695 (5/23/2006)
  Signed by over 70 publishers
• Scholarly Publishers Oppose Senate Bill 2695 (5/9/2006)
  Unwarranted measure would have severe consequences for publishers, scientific societies, researchers, and U.S. taxpayers