US Congress May Kill NIH Open Access Research Rules

"A policy that mandates public, open access to all National Institutes of Health research is in danger. The House of Representatives is considering legislation that would change the open access policy to make it more publisher-friendly, under the false pretense of protecting copyrights. The Ars author paints the new legislation as somewhat reflective of a turf battle in Congress: 'The Intellectual Property Subcommittee clearly felt that it had been ignored during the original passage of the bill that compelled the NIH's open access policy...' The article concludes: 'Currently, the disruptions wrought by the Internet and expectations of open access are too new for a viable alternative to traditional publishing to have emerged. But it doesn't appear that the NIH policy is making a significant contribution to that disruption, and the benefits of the policy appear likely to be significant. If Congress rolls back that policy in response to disagreements with other countries over film piracy, then it could really be throwing the baby out with the bathwater."

Science.gov released 5.0 version

Science.gov is the gateway hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) and supported by CENDI an interagency working group of senior scientific and technical information managers from 13 U.S. federal agencies, and it has released its version 5.0. With this release the searches 200 million pages of scientific information and provides links to related EurekAlert.

For those who need reliable science information, and need it now, Science.gov is the search site of choice," said Eleanor Frierson, Deputy Director, National Agricultural Library and co-chair of the Science.gov Alliance. "With the addition of seven databases, the content just keeps getting richer. In fact, we've quadrupled the science information available - so you get a lot more science for your query, without all the web noise.

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