Check out the Office of Scientific and Tehnical Information (OSTI) blog. Dr. David Wojick’s interesting blog post of 28 October 2009, Leaping Concepts and Global Discovery discusses “leaping concepts.” This term refers to when ”. . . an important concept suddenly leaps from one community to another.”  Such leaps can be transformational as in the case of [...]

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Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy starts before NIH-funded authors submit an applicable manuscript for peer review. NIH-funded authors are highly encouraged to consider the following points:
• Does the manuscript apply under the NIH Public Access Policy?
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Check out this interesting article on copyright and technology: “100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words” by Nate Anderson.
“For the last hundred years, rightsholders have fretted about everything from the player piano to the VCR to digital TV to Napster. Here are those objections, in Big Content’s own words.”

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Check out this interesting blog posting about Collaboration by Kristi Holmes.
Related Readings: 

Silence is Not Golden: Making Collaborations Work
Preempting Discord: Prenuptial Agreements for Scientists

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A new flowchart that combines compliance methods and documentation of compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy is now available.  The flowchart also includes updated guidance as noted in the August 2009 NIH Notice NOT-OD-09-136.

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