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Science Magazine’s article on the NIH Public Access Policy

Elias Zerhouni covers the NIH Public Access Policy in this article in Science magazine Find Science Magazine’s article on the NIH Public Access Policy at: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/306/5703/1895

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More on OpenAccess and Nanotechnology

There’s a new article over at Slate magazine. Amanda Schaffer covers the Open Access debate in her Medical Examiner column. We also have a new link in the Nanotechnology section. QCADesigner is a cool new tool for designing devices based … Continue reading

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Open Access: Should scientific articles be available online and free to the public?

Amanda Schaffer’ Medical Examiner column in Slate magazine on the topic of the public library of science. Highly recommended. Find Open Access: Should scientific articles be available online and free to the public? at: http://slate.com/id/2111023/

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Science commons

Today, we’re adding a number of links in our Required Reading and Other Sites section. Most of these links were mentioned on a recent Slashdot thread, and Ed Richley pointed out the primary site, science commons, in our copyright forum.

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SPARC

SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is an alliance of universities, research libraries, and organizations. The coalition was an initiative of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) started in 1997 to be a constructive response to market dysfunctions … Continue reading

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Budapest Open Access Initiative

An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good. The old tradition is the willingness of scientists and scholars to publish the fruits of their research in scholarly journals without payment, for the … Continue reading

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Open Archives Initiative

The Open Archives Initiative develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content. The Open Archives Initiative has its roots in an effort to enhance access to e-print archives as a means of increasing the … Continue reading

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NIH Public Access

An attempt by NIH to: 1) Create a stable archive of peer-reviewed research publications to ensure the permanent preservation of these vital research findings, 2) secure for NIH a searchable compendium of peer-reviewed research publications that the agency can use … Continue reading

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BioMed Central

BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research All the original research articles in journals published by BioMed Central are immediately and permanently available online without charge or any other barriers … Continue reading

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The Public Library of Science

The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. Find The Public Library of Science at: http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/

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