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  • 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. More
  • 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. More
  • 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. More
  • Pitt Library and Press Join Forces to Expand Digital Backlist
    Andrew Albanese - 12/04/2007
    A partnership between the University of Pittsburgh library and the university press will provide open access to digital editions of the press's entire backlist.   More
  • 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. More
  • 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. More
  • 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.  More
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