On September 20, 2024, MIT Press hosted a workshop, Access to Science & Scholarship: An Evidence Base to Support the Future of Open Research Policy. I interviewed Amy Brand to discuss the goals and outcomes of the workshop.
Karin Wulf and Rick Anderson interview Dr. Alondra Nelson, acting director of the White House Office on Science & Technology Policy when the new OSTP memo was published.
Karin Wulf and Rick Anderson provide a roundup of responses to the new OSTP public access memo — and a preview of their interview with OSTP leadership.
Some initial thoughts on the new OSTP memo on public access to results of federally funded research — and questions about its intent and implications.
An interview with principals of the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable, whose work significantly shaped the Holdren Memo on public access to federally-funded research.
An interview with principals of the Scholarly Publishing Roundtable, whose work significantly shaped the Holdren Memo on public access to federally-funded research.
Who has the most power to take choice away from authors?
Researchers claim that PMC boosts citations by 26%. A closer look at the paper reveals serious data and analysis problems. Can we collectively design a better study?
PubMed Central reduces article downloads from 14 biomedical society websites when articles are made freely available after embargo.
Articles deposited into PubMed Central responsible for drawing readers from journal site, a study finds.
Most publishers offering delayed free access to journal articles set their embargo period more than a decade ago. Is it time to revisit the access embargo?
If consumer web sites remain the source of most health information, there is little that FRPAA will do to improve the transmission of research to the public.
Transparency and accountability are at the heart of Open Access. If only library advocates would walk the talk.
The NIH Public Access Policy debate can be better understood through the lenses of competing Intellectual Property theories.