The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing on the issue of Public Access to Federally Funded Research on Thursday, July 29 at 2pm EST in the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2154. The hearing is being convened by the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives [...]

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This is your chance to help.  New York now has an innovation wiki.  NYSHEI has long argued that innovation is reliant on access to the “information infrastructure” that is the academic and research libraries.  I encourage you to use this wiki to make sure our partners in industry and across higher education are aware of [...]

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The Rakow Research Library of the Corning Museum of Glass has joined NYSHEI. “We are thrilled to welcome our newest member.  The Corning Museum of Glass is a renowned institution that helps NYSHEI maintain its diverse membership and bolsters our commitment to New York State innovation in all its many forms,” said Jason Kramer, NYSHEI [...]

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July 4, 2010 Canadian University Hopes to Lead Fight Against High Subscription Prices IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are going to read this article please also read this: http://researchknowledge.ca/en/news/documents/CRKNOpenLettertoChronicleofHigherEducation12Jul10.pdf.  And continue to the comment at the end of the article. ____ Mark Leggott, a librarian at the University of Prince Edward Island, has proposed a “Wikipedia-type [...]

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While it may feel as if we entered the Twilight Zone, we are still in New York (see map). In an attempt to answer your many questions about the status of the state budget, I assembled a number of quotes directly from the policy makers engaged in the budget process.  I hope this helps. “We [...]

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