Marc Brodsky, writing for the Professional/Scholarly Publishing (PSP) Division of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), has publicly released his April 8 letter to Elias Zerhouni on the NIH public-access policy. Excerpt: 'Journal publishers are increasingly concerned that NIH will begin implementing its new Public Access Policy regarding the published results of NIH-funded research on the previously-announced date of May 2, despite the fact that the promised "Public Access Advisory Working Group" has not yet been established and likely will have insufficient time to adequately address a number of important implementation issues prior to that date....[U]pon submission of manuscripts to PMC, the authors will be expected to "choose an appropriate PMC submission agreement" to indicate what copyright restrictions, if any, apply to the manuscript. Surely authors, publishers and other stakeholders should be afforded an opportunity to review and comment on such agreements before they are actually used to implement the Policy....The practical implications of certain technical issues, such as the NIH's conversion of submitted manuscripts into an XML-based format and the PMC's use of embedded linking to deal with the question of "version control" between the published journal edition of the material and the author's submitted "final manuscript," need to be discussed with and among stakeholders before they become de facto aspects of implementing the Policy.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 4/13/2005 09:52:00 AM.
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.
