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Saturday, October 07, 2006

OA in NLM's future

Charting a Course for the 21st Century: NLM's Long-Range Plan 2006-2016, National Library of Medicine Board of Regents, September 21, 2006.  (Thanks to Clifford Lynch.)  Excerpt:

[By 2025] the majority of new scientific research results will be freely available in permanent digital archives shortly after initial production or publication, thus fueling additional scientific discovery and encouraging the development of a wide range of value-added commercial products and services.

PS:  The NLM is part of the NIH.