Jocelyn Kaiser, NIH Proposes 6-Month Public Access to Papers, Science, Vol 305, Issue 5690, 1548 , 10 September 2004. (Access restricted to subscribers.) A recap of the NIH six-month proposal includes comments from SPARC's Richard Johnson, who expresses significant support for the initiative, and notes skepticism and opposition on the part of scientific societies and the Association of American Publishers (AAP).
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Garrett at 9/10/2004 09:54:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
