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Saturday, March 15, 2003

The NHS National Core Content Group announced this week that they have signed a contract with BioMed Central for Institutional Membership for the whole of NHS England. The membership will start from April of this year, and is a first step in the NHS's commitment to ensure the widest possible dissemination of the research it funds.

The NHS is also hosting a Forum on Open Access in Medical Research Publishing at the British Library in London on Monday April 14th 2003.

Speaking at the event will be:

  • Ian Henderson - Change Manager at the British Library
  • David Prosser - Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) Europe
  • Fiona Godlee - Publishing Director, Clinical Evidence, British Medical Association
  • Jan Velterop - Publisher, BioMed Central Ltd