[OPLINLIST] FW: Support Public Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research

Tue Jul 21 15:29:11 EDT 2015

News from the American Library Association Washington Office.

Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor to ALA and
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From: ALA Washington Office [mailto:districtdispatch at alawash.org]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 2:14 PM
To: Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela
Subject: Support Public Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research

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In the coming weeks, we believe that the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will take up S. 779/H.R. 1477, the Fair Accress to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR). This bill would accelerate scientific discovery and fuel innovation by making articles reporting on publicly funded scientific research freely accessible online for anyone to read and build upon.

What does this bill mean for libraries and the public?

  *   Each year, U.S. taxpayers invest hundreds of millions of dollars in publicly-funded research and have a right to expect access to the resulting published data, analyses and articles;
  *   FASTR will assure that the tax-paying public-including students, teachers, journalists, scientists, entrepreneurs and established businesses alike-will have prompt access to this critical information without paying for it twice.

If passed, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act would:

  *   Extend the National Institutes of Health Public Access policy to 11 addi¬tional federal agencies and departments, thus requiring those with an annual extra-mural research budget of $100 million or more ultimately to mandate that all funded researchers provide the agency with an electronic copy of the final manuscript of any paper accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal;
  *   Ensure that all submitted manuscripts are preserved in a stable digital repository maintained by the funding agency or in another suitable repository that permits free public access, interoperability, and long-term preservation;
  *   Require that each taxpayer-funded manuscript be made available to the public, online and without cost, no later than six months after the article has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Right now, take a few minutes to contact your Senator and ask them to support S. 779. Use the links below to call, email or tweet your Senator.

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