Open Access Week

"A 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. Co-sponsored by Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), it was introduced on December 16, 2011, and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Essentially, the bill seeks to prohibit federal agencies from conditioning their grants to require that articles reporting on publicly funded research be made accessible to the public online. The bill text is short and to the point. The main point reads: "No Federal agency may adopt, implement, maintain, continue, or otherwise engage in any policy, program, or other activity that -- (1) causes, permits, or authorizes network dissemination of any private-sector research work without the prior consent of the publisher of such work; or (2) requires that any actual or prospective author, or the... more... - Daniel Mietchen from Bookmarklet

Thanks, Graham. Now, which representative(s) would it make most sense to write to as a non-voter in US elections? - Daniel Mietchen

Can someone comment what is your experience with this journal? - biologerz

I'm sure no journal intentionally does this, but sometimes manuscripts fall through the cracks... - Andrew Su

The problem is that with this particular journal, it happened at least three times to different scientists whom I know. Three people is not enough for statistics, but that is all information that I have, and therefore I am asking here what is the experience of the others. - biologerz

#OA Would like to make selection of journals in http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki... a bit more systematic. - Daniel Mietchen

Google doc:https://docs.google.com/Doc... - Kubke

Made two schematics to use... Anything I am missing there (other than fixing the dreadful aesthetics....) https://docs.google.com/present... - Kubke

Yeps, like you, it wans't (as) easy (as it should be). Ping either Jen or Heather. - Graham Steel

Oh, I remember now. Your passcode 'might'' be the name of the person who started this. Her name rhymes with Conifer. Other than that, I cannot offer any firther clues ;-) Caught me out initially before it eventually twigged !! I might add that surnames may not apply ! - Graham Steel

"The student Right to Research Coalition, a group of national, international, and local student associations that advocate for governments, universities, and researchers to adopt Open Access practices, has now grown to include some of the most prominent student organizations from the United States and across the world. The recent addition of 8 new organizations brings the number of students represented by the coalition to over 5 million, demonstrating the broad, passionate support Open Access enjoys from the student community." - Mike Chelen from Bookmarklet

helps to appreciate the global reach and scale of these scientific concepts - Mike Chelen

wonder which existing published statements from CC science commons and other groups might discuss some of the topics raised? - Mike Chelen

"During the webinar, you will be able to interactively post queries for the panelists at any time, using the message box at the bottom right hand of the webinar screen. If you have any specific questions that you would like to see the panelists(s) address, please also feel free to send these in advance to info@oaspa.org. Best regards, The OASPA team PS There are still some spaces available for the webinar, so please feel free to forward these details on to colleagues to whom you feel the webinar may be of interest" - Graham Steel

UPDATE #2. "A number of questions posed during the OASPA webinar on Tues 20 October went unanswered at the end of the session. Panelists have now responded to these in writing and OASPA has posted them". See this PDF:- http://www.oaspa.org/webinar... - Graham Steel

Tuned in to the webcast, T minus 12 minutes.... - Graham Steel

John suggested looking at http://sharedname.org/page... and just before that, I noted how http://neurocommons.org/page... had changed in terms of level of content and links since I last visited. NeuroCommons to be renamed in the not too distant future. Tres interesting devels..... - Graham Steel

Duh ! "Events celebrating Open Access Week" page on the OA Directory http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki... - Graham Steel