Category Archives: Policy

First U.S. Public Access Policy Made Permanent

Posted on May 6, 2009 by admin

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition announced today that the appropriations act just passed contains a provision making the NIH Open Access policy permanent. From the release: President Obama yesterday signed into law the 2009 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which … Continue reading →

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Federal Photos Not in Public Domain?

Posted on May 5, 2009 by admin

Knowing that some of President Obama’s appointments to the Justice Department are anything but friendly to the open web, and seeing how a member of his party John Conyers, has relentlessly supported traditional publishers over Open Access publishers, I was … Continue reading →

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