[Ip-health] Let the White House know you support public access to publicly funded research (Alliance for Taxpayer Acc...

[Manon Ress]

Sorry for cross posting but this is truly about both.

The deadline is today but since there's no indication of time ...you
have until midnight to express support for public access to taxpayer-
funded research.

Eventually, the comments will be online at:  http://blog.ostp.gov/category/=
public-access-policy/

For now you can read SPARC=92s submission to the RFI  online at http://www.=
arl.org/sparc/advocacy/rfi_10-0119.shtml
.

http://www.taxpayeraccess.org/action/action_access/deadline-thursday---let-=
the-white-house-know-you-s.shtml

The questions in the RFC are great (but you do not have to address all
of them!):
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-30725.htm
Quote:

  1. How do authors, primary and secondary publishers, libraries,
universities, and the federal government contribute to the development
and dissemination of peer reviewed papers arising from federal funds
now, and how might this change under a public access policy?

     2. What characteristics of a public access policy would best
accommodate the needs and interests of authors, primary and secondary
publishers, libraries, universities, the federal government, users of
scientific literature, and the public?

     3. Who are the users of peer-reviewed publications arising from
federal research? How do they access and use these papers now, and how
might they if these papers were more accessible? Would others use these
papers if they were more accessible, and for what purpose?

     4. How best could Federal agencies enhance public access to the
peer-reviewed papers that arise from their research funds? What
measures could agencies use to gauge whether there is increased return
on federal investment gained by expanded access?

     5. What features does a public access policy need to have to ensure
compliance?

     6. What version of the paper should be made public under a public
access policy (e.g., the author's peer reviewed manuscript or the final
published version)? What are the relative advantages and disadvantages
to different versions of a scientific paper?

     7. At what point in time should peer-reviewed papers be made public
via a public access policy relative to the date a publisher releases
the final version? Are there empirical data to support an optimal
length of time? Should the delay period be the same or vary for
levels of access (e.g., final peer reviewed manuscript or final
published article, access under fair use versus alternative license),
for federal agencies and scientific disciplines?

     8. How should peer-reviewed papers arising from federal investment
be made publicly available? In what format should the data be submitted
in order to make it easy to search, find, and retrieve and to make it
easy for others to link to it? Are there existing digital standards for
archiving and interoperability to maximize public benefit? How are
these anticipated to change?

     9. Access demands not only availability, but also meaningful
usability. How can the Federal government make its collections of peer-
reviewed papers more useful to the American public? By what metrics
(e.g., number of articles or visitors) should the Federal government
measure success of its public access collections? What are the best
examples of usability in the private sector (both domestic and
international)? And, what makes them exceptional? Should those who
access papers be given the opportunity to comment or provide feedback?




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Manon Ress
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Knowledge Ecology International
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Il vaut mieux remuer une question, sans la d=E9cider, que la d=E9cider,
sans la remuer. (Pens=E9es, essais, maximes et correspondance de J.
Joubert  p.249)
Translation: It is better to debate a question without settling it
than to settle a question without debating it