Our guest blogger is Gavin Baker, assistant editor of Open Access News, which covers the open access movement, and Outreach Fellow for SPARC, a coalition of academic and research libraries that advocates for open access. The opinions expressed here are [...]
WEISS'S NOTEBOOK
Since April, researchers publishing work done with NIH support must submit manuscripts for access in a free database. The experiment is working, but large journal publishers aren’t satisfied with the results.
The FCC 700 mhz auction ended yesterday, raking in record $19.6 billion for Federal coffers. While the successful sale of the C-block triggers an “open” network provision, questions linger about the unsold D-block license and the future of a national emergency response network.
Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences made a unanimous decision Tuesday to require faculty members to submit their published articles for inclusion in an open-access database. Unless scholars request a waiver to the policy, they must submit digital copies of their works to the provost’s office.
CULTIVATING SCIENCE
Free public archiving of Institute-funded research will accelerate scientific communication, control costs in higher education, and more effectively share information.
This week saw good news and new thinking on the power of technology to foster open and accountable governance: an article on “Wiki-Government,” a report on the “searchability” of government info, and the launch of a new site offering data on Federal spending.
Science Progress and American Progress's Doing What Works project teamed up to produce a set of policy proposals that the Obama administration and Congress can adopt to reinvest in the building blocks of American science, innovation, and economic competitiveness. Read the overview of the five reports.
Science Progress proceeds from the propositions that scientific inquiry is among the finest expressions of human excellence, that it is a crucial source of human flourishing, a critical engine of economic growth, and must be dedicated to the common good. Scientific inquiry entails global responsibilities. It should lead to a more equitable, safer, and healthier future for all of humankind.