Movers & Shakers 2008 Live and Loaded! Michael Rogers - 03/20/2008 The 2008 Movers & Shakers supplement profiles library advocates, community builders, 2.0 gurus, innovators, marketers, mentors, and problem solvers shaping the profession and defining its future. More
Harvard Faculty Unanimously Agree To Establish Open Access Repository Andrew Albanese & Norman Oder - 02/13/2008
In an effort to disseminate faculty research and fight "monopolists" raising journal prices, Harvard faculty members agree to establish an open access repository managed by the university library.
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AAAS Says Science Will Remain in JSTOR Andrew Albanese - 01/07/2008
Under pressure from libraries for its July 2007 decision to pull its flagship publication, Science, from JSTOR, the popular electronic journals database, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has reversed course.
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ARL Report: Five Years to E-Journal Tipping Point? Andrew Albanese - 12/07/2007
A new report published by the Association of Research Libraries concludes that publishers and libraries are caught in "an extended transition zone" between print-only and e-only journals.
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Will NIH Public Access Policy Resurface? Andrew Albanese - 11/26/2007
President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that contained a mandatory public access policy for the National Institutes of Health, and an override is uncertain.
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ICOLC Objects To AAAS's Removal of Science from JSTOR Andrew Albanese - 11/06/2007
The International Coalition of Library Consortia adds its voice to those library groups criticizing the American Association for the Advancement of Science over its recent decision to remove its flagship publication, Science, from JSTOR.
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NIH Public Access Policy Finally Passes Congress Andrew Albanese - 10/30/2007
The Senate on October 23 overwhelmingly passed an appropriations bill that includes a public access directive for research funded by the National Institutes of Health. Now the House of Representatives must consider it.
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