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Saturday, February 26, 2005

MLA letter on the NIH policy

The Medical Library Association has publicly released its February 11 letter to Elias Zerhouni on the NIH public-access policy. Excerpt: 'We were disappointed that the six-month release was not maintained and that submission of the author's version is not a requirement. While we understand your initial reasoning for both policies, we hope that you will re-evaluate this in the future and move to a required six-month release.' (Thanks to Leah Krevit.) (PS: This hits the nail on the head.)