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New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan) recently introduced the “Research Works Act.” This federal legislation (H.R. 3699) would undo much of the open access progress made in recent years. In direct opposition to the open access policies of the administrations of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Ms. Maloney, seeks to prohibit federal agencies [...]
ACTION NEEDED: OPEN ACCESS TO FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH 5 minutes of your time can make a difference – please contact Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney If you live or work in Manhattan or Queens – Your action is essential. Ms. Maloney directly represents you. She needs to understand that open access to publicly funded research is important [...]
Delivering timely, open, online access to the results of federally funded research in the United States will significantly increase the return on the public’s investment in science, according to a new study by John Houghton at the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University. The study, “The Economic and Social Returns on Investment in [...]
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 [...]
SUNY Binghamton lands seven big research grants. As more than $2.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds are pouring into Binghamton University research projects the library deserves a hat tip for supplying the raw materials (information resources) of innovation. For many researchers, the funding will help them hire or retain employees and purchase [...]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan (ARRP), commonly known as the federal stimulus package, is making it’s way to the states. So what? That is the big question. Governor Paterson’s office has put together a useful website illustrating the various parts of New York’s share ($24.6 billion) of the stimulus package. While the web site [...]
The Governing Board of NYSHEI has joined the chorus of opposition to H.R. 801, the “Fair Copyright in Research Works” act introduced in the House of Representatives by John Conyers (D-MI). Joining groups like the Alliance for Taxpayer Access, Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Association of Research Libraries, NYSHEI unequivocally opposes [...]
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