Open access news and developments
Open access mandates and policies continue to be discussed and developed at an exciting pace. The following developments have taken place over recent months:
Mandate for open access to NIH-funded research a step closer to becoming law
The U.S. Senate has approved the FY2008 Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Bill (S.1710), including a provision that directs the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to improve its Public Access Policy by requiring participation by researchers. The bill will now be reconciled with the House Appropriations Bill, which includes a similar provision, in another step toward support for public access to publicly funded research becoming US law. Read more.
BioMed Central and HHMI announce publishing partnership
In August, BioMed Central and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) agreed to a new membership under which HHMI will pay the article processing charges for all research published by its investigators in BioMed Central journals. This agreement complements HHMI's new open access policy, which requires that the results of research funded by the Institute must be deposited in PubMed Central. Read more.
Swiss National Science Foundation adopts an open access mandate
Effective since September 1, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) recently announced an open access mandate, Open Access: Der SNF erlässt Weisung für die Umsetzung. The policy requires open access archiving for the results of SNF-funded research. Grantees may deposit their work in institutional or disciplinary repositories, and must respect any embargo imposed by their publisher. Read more.
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Consortium news
BioMed Central is delighted to announce the following consortium news:
The South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium (SCAMeL)
The South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium, known as SCAMeL, is a consortium of 14 academic medical libraries. Its mission is to improve information services, library operations, and resource sharing in its member libraries in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
This year they confirmed their support towards BioMed Central by renewing all existing subscriptions and adding 17 new products, amongst which were two supporter memberships, increasing their total to 62 subscriptions.
OhioLINK
The Ohio Library and Information Network is a consortium of 86 Ohio college and university libraries, and the State Library of Ohio. More than 600,000 students, faculty, and staff at their institutions can continue to publish in BioMed Central’s 180 journals for free due to their renewed Prepay Membership.
Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society - which performs research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities - has renewed their Prepay Membership. This enables researchers at their 78 institutes and research facilities in Germany to publish in any of BioMed Central’s 180 journals without charge.
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