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Theres more background on this petition at http://svpow.com/2012/05/21/help-the-usa-into-the-21st-century-even-if-youre-not-american/ http://svpow.com/2012/05/2

Theres more background on this petition at http://svpow.com/2012/05/21/help-the-usa-into-the-21st-century-even-if-youre-not-american/ http://svpow.com/2012/05/21/help-the-usa-into-the-21st-centu... for those who want it. The TL;DR is that the UK and the European Union are introducing long overdue mandates that all publicly funded research must be publicly accessible. At the moment, the USA has no concrete plans to do the same, but Open Access advocates have the ear of Obama's scientific advisor and think there's a good chance this could make it provided that we the people show it's an issue we care about. So please sign the Whitehouse.org petition at https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/require-free-access-over-internet-scientific-journal-articles-arising-taxpayer-funded-research/wDX82FLQ?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/require-fre...

eric_bullington 14y ago
Signed. There are few taxpayer-related issues that I feel as strongly about. I actually have pretty good luck getting a copy of taxpayer-funded research papers directly from researchers by sending a politely-worded request to the PI asking for a copy. But I shouldn't have to do that -- all this research should be available to the public. Ultimately, I hope that open access journals such as those as PLoS continue to gain prestige and become top tier journals (some of them are almost there). But meanwhile, taxpayer-funded research should be made available to the public.
loevborg 14y ago
Thanks. Does anyone have further information about the status of laws to mandate open access in the EU?
- MikeTaylor 14y ago
  The forthcoming EU mandate is not yet nailed down. The best information I've seen so far is in this article in Times Higher Education: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=419949&c=1 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=...
pdonis 14y ago
"Long overdue" is an understatement, to say the least. Thanks for posting this!

eric_bullington 14y ago

Signed. There are few taxpayer-related issues that I feel as strongly about. I actually have pretty good luck getting a copy of taxpayer-funded research papers directly from researchers by sending a politely-worded request to the PI asking for a copy. But I shouldn't have to do that -- all this research should be available to the public. Ultimately, I hope that open access journals such as those as PLoS continue to gain prestige and become top tier journals (some of them are almost there). But meanwhile, taxpayer-funded research should be made available to the public.

loevborg 14y ago

Thanks. Does anyone have further information about the status of laws to mandate open access in the EU?

MikeTaylor 14y ago
The forthcoming EU mandate is not yet nailed down. The best information I've seen so far is in this article in Times Higher Education: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=419949&c=1 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=...

pdonis 14y ago

"Long overdue" is an understatement, to say the least. Thanks for posting this!