Questions about the NIH Public Access Policy mandate? Want to know how this impacts you? Checkout the Public Access FAQs for general information on the Policy, specific information for investigators, and detailed Policy background.
Once investigators are ready to comply, and need information and resources to assist with publishing and archiving peer-reviewed journal publications, checkout Carpenter Library's Scholarly Publishing webpage.
1.31.2008
1.24.2008
Library Winter Newsletter
Now Published - The Library Newsletter for Winter 2008. Click here
http://www1.wfubmc.edu/Library/About+the+Library/Newsletter/
Or visit our Web Site www.wfubmc.edu/library and see Newsletters under About to see these stories;
· Library Survey Results
· Archives Conference
· Image Resources
· Notary Publics
· Vista and Office 07
· Books Held and Delivered
· Consumer Health Site
· Library Resources Deleted
· Exam Master
· NIH Funding Law
http://www1.wfubmc.edu/Library/About+the+Library/Newsletter/
Or visit our Web Site www.wfubmc.edu/library and see Newsletters under About to see these stories;
· Library Survey Results
· Archives Conference
· Image Resources
· Notary Publics
· Vista and Office 07
· Books Held and Delivered
· Consumer Health Site
· Library Resources Deleted
· Exam Master
· NIH Funding Law
1.15.2008
Pleasant for the Eyes
Two new displays - All about Carpenter - Dr. Carpenter facts and other stuff are in the small case in the circulation area. Created by Monica G. in 2008. The history of the Neurology Department is in the display case on E-Floor outside of Hanes Building. Created by Dianne J. and Vicki J. in 2002.
Library Closed January 21st
Carpenter Library will closed Monday, January 21, 2008, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
1.11.2008
UPDATE: Revised NIH Policy
The NIH today released the Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research (NOT-OD-08-033), which takes effect April 7, 2008. More information will be forthcoming; if you have any questions, please contact Molly Keener at 716-4203 or mkeener [at] wfubmc.edu.
1.04.2008
NIH Public Access Mandate
On December 26, 2007, President Bush signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (H.R. 2764), which includes a provision (Division G, Title II, General Provisions, Section 218) directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to strengthen its previously voluntary Public Access Policy from a request to a requirement. Here is what the law stipulates:
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
This means that all articles accepted for publication in scholarly journals that stem from research funded in whole or in part by awards from the NIH must be archived in PubMed Central (PMC)—approximately 65,000 peer-reviewed articles annually. Although there are several hundred journals automatically archived in PMC by publishers, the responsibility for ensuring deposit falls on the authors themselves. Fortunately, Carpenter Library links to several tools to help authors – or those persons designed to make PMC submissions on their behalf – navigate the publishing and depositing process.
Although this is the first instance of the U.S. Government mandating free public accessibility to research funded by a major agency, this is not the first mandate on the scene. The NIH mandate joins company with another 20 funder, 11 institutional and 3 departmental mandates, including those from the Wellcome Trust, 6 of 7 UK Research Councils, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
For further analysis of the NIH mandate victory, see the January issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, and Gavin Baker’s response and predictions.
It will likely be some time before the NIH issues the new policy; in the meantime you can familiarize yourself with the deposit process by complying with the voluntary Public Access Policy. If you have questions or concerns, or would like to request a group presentation on the current Public Access Policy and PubMed Central, contact Molly Keener at 716-4203 or mkeener [at] wfubmc.edu.
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine's PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
This means that all articles accepted for publication in scholarly journals that stem from research funded in whole or in part by awards from the NIH must be archived in PubMed Central (PMC)—approximately 65,000 peer-reviewed articles annually. Although there are several hundred journals automatically archived in PMC by publishers, the responsibility for ensuring deposit falls on the authors themselves. Fortunately, Carpenter Library links to several tools to help authors – or those persons designed to make PMC submissions on their behalf – navigate the publishing and depositing process.
Although this is the first instance of the U.S. Government mandating free public accessibility to research funded by a major agency, this is not the first mandate on the scene. The NIH mandate joins company with another 20 funder, 11 institutional and 3 departmental mandates, including those from the Wellcome Trust, 6 of 7 UK Research Councils, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
For further analysis of the NIH mandate victory, see the January issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter, and Gavin Baker’s response and predictions.
It will likely be some time before the NIH issues the new policy; in the meantime you can familiarize yourself with the deposit process by complying with the voluntary Public Access Policy. If you have questions or concerns, or would like to request a group presentation on the current Public Access Policy and PubMed Central, contact Molly Keener at 716-4203 or mkeener [at] wfubmc.edu.
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