Nature recently announced that genome papers will now be licensed under a “Creative Commons” license to “. . . encourage research and development and to maximise its benefit to society.”

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On 26 December 2007 President Bush signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764) which includes language that will change the current NIH Public Access Policy from voluntary to mandatory.  The policy, when implemented by NIH, will require all manuscripts (the post print version) generated by NIH-funded research be deposited into PubMed Central, the National Library [...]

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Interesting manuscript by Steven Harnad that discusses the importance of open access for biomedical research findings. Abstract:
The ethical case for Open Access (OA) (free online access) to research findings is especially salient when it is public health that is being compromised by needless access restrictions. But the ethical imperative for OA is far more general: It [...]

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The Appropriations Act for 2008 (H.R. 2764) has passed the House and the Senate and now awaits the signature of President Bush.  According to a New York Times article, President Bush is expected to sign the bill. Included in the bill is language that changes the current NIH Public Access Policy from voluntary to mandatory. The [...]

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Check out the new chronology of the NIH Public Access Policy to learn more about the implementation of the policy and important developments.  The current policy, enacted in 2005,  calls for voluntary submission of NIH-funded manuscripts to PubMed Central (PMC) within 12 months of publication but recent developments may change this to mandatory. For more information on how Becker Library can [...]

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WU authors who publish in a BioMed Central journal are entitled to a 15% discount on article processing fees. Among the benefits of publishing in a BioMed Central journal include rapid publication, high visibility, inclusion in PubMed, SCOPUS, Google, and PubMed Central, and no space constraints for your work.  An added benefit for authors is that the [...]

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