Open access added to 2014 Omnibus Appropriations (Jan. 16, 2014) – Following on the White House/OSTP Open Access Directive, the appropriations bill passed in January 2014 included funding for open access for the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health & Human Services. Read more at the Association of Research Libraries’ SPARC and the Electronic Frontier…Continue Reading Open Access Added to 2014 Omnibus Appropriations
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RIP Aaron Swartz, 1986-2013 – Open Access Activist
R.I.P. Aaron Swartz, 1986-2013 Aaron Swartz, an open access activist, committed suicide on Friday, January 10, 2013. He was facing a 13-count indictment from the US Dept. of Justice for breaking into JStor, an academic articles database, although JStor had dropped all charges. Academics worldwide have begun releasing their papers as a tribute, posting the…Continue Reading RIP Aaron Swartz, 1986-2013 – Open Access Activist
Open Access AND Open Use
Open Access AND Open Use / Jan. 6, 2013 – Cameron Neylon, “Science Publishing: Open Access Must Enable Open Use”, Nature 492, pp. 348-349 (Dec. 20, 2012). Open access is not enough – researchers need to be able to index and have other reuse rights to scholarly literature….Continue Reading Open Access AND Open Use