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Articles of Interest
- Michael Patrick Rutter and James Sellman, Uncovering Open Access, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, March 9, 2010
- Peter Suber, Open access, markets, and missions, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, March 2, 2010
- Steve Kolowich, Encouraging Open Access, Inside Higher Ed, March 2, 2010
- Richard Poynder, Interview With Stevan Harnad A Prophet Whose Time Has Come, Information Today, Inc., February, 2010
- Peter Schmidt, New Journals, Free Online, Let Scholars Speak Out, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 14, 2010
- Pete Rosenbery, Student’s video wins library’s ‘SPARKY Award’, The Saluki Times, February 2, 2010.
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2009 Sparky Awards at Penn Celebrate Information Sharing, January 27, 2010.
- Christy Manthis, Carlson elected to leadership role with coalition, The Saluki Times, January 29, 2010.
- Josh Hadro, At SPARC-ACRL forum, reality check on open access monographs, Library Journal, January 21, 2010.
- Josh Hadro, White House Signals Interest in Open Access with Public Call for Comments, Library Journal, December 17, 2009.
- Obama's Open Government Plan Includes Open Access for Research Publications, GenomeWeb News, December 10, 2009.
- Josh Hadro, At SPARC-ACRL Forum, Reality Check on Open Access Monographs, Library Journal, January 21, 2010.
- Jocelyn Kaiser, Panel Calls on U.S. Agencies to Require Free Access to Research Papers, Science Insider, January 13, 2010.
- Barbara Fister, Barbara Fister thinks back on a year of hashtag-worthy highlights, Library Journal, January 8, 2010
- Josh Hadro, Obama administration potentially a strong voice in open access debate, Library Journal, December 17, 2009.
- John Timmer, US government looks to expand scientific open access policy, ars technical, December 14, 2009.
- President Obama on Access to Medical Information, at the American Medical Association Meeting, June 15, 2009
- Jennifer McLennan, A Different Kind of Conversation: The Sparky Awards and Fresh Views on Change in Scholarly Communication. Research Library Issues, June edition.
- Scott Jaschik, U.S. Push for Free Online Courses, Inside Higher Ed, June 29, 2009
- Andrew Richard Albanese, Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) Reintroduced in Senate, Publishers Weekly - Library Journal, July 2, 2009
- US student bodies call for open access, Industry Trends, June 15, 2009
- Meredith Benjamin, Practical Advice on Bridging the Library-Press Divide, The Exchange Online, June 11, 2009
- Student Coalition Forms to Back Open Access, Inside Higher Ed, June 15, 2009
- Josh Hadro, Medical Students, Other Student Groups Endorse Open Access, Library Journal, 6/18/2009
- Open Access Growing Steadily, But Powerful Gatekeepers Remain, CAUT/ACPPU Bulletin, June 2009
- Lee C. Van Orsdel & Kathleen Born, Reality Bites: Periodicals Price Survey 2009, Library Journal, April 15, 2009
- Leslie Chan, Open Access: Promises and Challenges of Scholarship in the Digital Age, Academic Matters, April 14, 2009
- Heather Joseph, Fair to whom? New House bill challenges public access, College & Research Libraries News, April 2009
- Gabe Schubiner, In Defense of Open Access, The Eye, April 9, 2009
- Richard J. Roberts, Protect our access to medical research, Boston Globe, March 23, 2009
- Mike Rossner, An unfair formula. Boston Globe, March 30, 2009.
- Declan Butler, The textbook of the future, Nature, April 1, 2009
- Pat Lohmann, Students mourn outdated textbooks, New Mexico Daily Lobo, March 26, 2009
- Alicia Brown, 'Open Access' repository to house works of OSU faculty publishers, The Daily Barometer, April 9, 2009.
- Meredith Wadman, Open-access policy flourishes at NIH, Nature, April 7, 2009
- Molly Kleinman, Lessons from Open Access Week, Molly Kleinman, March 30, 2009
- Dawn Lim, Cornell Librarians Protest Bill Closing Access to NIH Research, Cornell Daily Sun, March 30, 2009
- Andrew Albanese, Another First, as MIT Faculty Adopts "University-Wide" Open Access Policy, Library Journal, 3/25/2009
- Jeffrey Young, MIT Professors Approve Campuswide Policy to Publish Scholarly Articles Free Online, Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog, March 23, 2009
- Jennifer Howard, U. of Michigan Press Reorganizes as a Unit of the Library, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 23, 2009
- Scott Jaschik, Farewell to the Printed Monograph, Inside Higher Ed, March 23, 2009
- Peter Suber, A field guide to misunderstandings about open access, The SPARC Open Access Newsletter, April 2009
- Michael Eisen, John Conyers Tries [and Fails] to Explain His Position, It is NOT Junk, March 7, 2009
- Jennifer Howard, A New Push to Unlock University-Based Research, the Chronicle of Higher Education, March 6, 2009
- The internet's librarian, The Economist, March 5, 2009.
- Research copyright bill would end free health info, the Detroit Free Press, March 5, 2009
- Lawrence Lessig and Michael Eisen, Is John Conyers Shilling for Special Interests?, Huffington Post, March 2, 2009
- Allyson Mower and Lisa Chaufty, Do something no one has imagined: The 2008 SPARC Digital Repositories meeting, College & Research Libraries News, March 2009
- Paula J. Hane, Open Educational Resources (OER) and Libraries, Information Today, March 2, 2009.
- Keith Donovan, No Taxation Without Information, The Hoya, February 26, 2009
- James Boyle, Misunderestimating open science, Financial Times, February 24, 2009
- Esther Wojcick, Bill Before Congress May Close Medical Research to Average American, The Huffington Post, February 25, 2009
- Peter Suber, Re-introduction of the bill to kill the NIH policy, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, March 2, 2009
- Elie Dogan, Online access = more citations, The Scientist, Feb 25, 2009. (Free registration required)
- Andrew Albanese, In New Letter, Library Associations Voice Strong Opposition to Anti-NIH Bill, Library Journal, February 17, 2009
- Catherine Simpson, Online freedom, The Diamondback, February 19, 2009
- Peter Suber, Open access policy options for funding agencies and universities, SPARC Open Access Newsletter, February 2, 2009
- Heather Joseph Q & A: An Open Access Advocate Discusses Why She Feels Overturning the NIH Policy Would be a Big Mistake,
The Scientist, February 9, 2009. - Federal Players: The NIH's David Lipman.From the Partnership for Public Service. The Washington Post, February 9, 2009.
- Bill Against NIH Open-Access Policy Back in House,by Matt Jones. GenomeWeb Daily News, February 5, 2009.
- New Wrinkles as Bill Banning NIH-Like Public Access Resurfaces,
by Andrew Albanese. The Library Journal, February 5, 2009. - The Publisher's Pushback against NIH's Public Access and Scholarly Publishing Sustainability, by John Willinsky. Published in PLoS Biology, January 27, 2009
- Obama's team must fight 'cultural agoraphobia', by James Boyle. Financial Times, December 17, 2008.
- Physicists Set Plan in Motion to Change Publishing System, by Jeffrey Young. Chronicle of Higher Education, January 30, 2009.
- I'm Battling Cancer. How About Some Help, Congress? Letter from Patrick Swayze as published in The Washington Post, February 8, 2009.