The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has publicly released its November 9 letter to NIH in support of its OA plan. Excerpt: 'I am writing on behalf of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) to express our support for the NIH’s proposal to enhance public access to NIH research information....The AAMC represents the nation's 125 accredited medical schools, nearly 400 major teaching hospitals, more than 105,000 faculty in 94 professional and scientific societies, and the nation's 66,000 medical students and 97,000 residents. Our member institutions receive more than half of the extramural research funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health, and the scholars and physicians whom we represent substantially contribute to and rely upon the vast body of medical literature affected by this proposal....Excessively large increases in subscription rates demanded by some for-profit publishers are forcing some of our institutions, solely for economic reasons, to discontinue subscriptions, thereby curbing the availability of some specialty journals to students and faculty.' The letter closes with four recommendations for the final version of the plan.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 11/10/2004 11:44:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
