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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">News from the American Library Association Washington Office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor to ALA and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">Deputy Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">Akron-Summit County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">60 S. High Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">Akron, OH 44326<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://m.akronlibrary.org/"><span style="color:#E36C0A">http://m.akronlibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#E36C0A">The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all ages that support, improve, and enrich
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ALA Washington Office [mailto:districtdispatch@alawash.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 17, 2015 2:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Support Public Access to Taxpayer-Funded Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>What does this bill mean for libraries and the public?<o:p></o:p></p>
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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;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
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. <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p>If passed, the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act would:<o:p></o:p></p>
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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;<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
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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.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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