... The [University of California, San Diego] Biomedical Library initially became involved with the [National Institutes of Health] public access policy in February 2008, months before it became mandatory, when a faculty member asked for a demonstration on how to submit manuscripts to the NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) System. Subsequently, the library began offering classes about the compliance process at various locations on campus. These classes covered step-by-step procedures on how to determine if a publisher allows the author to comply with the policy, advice about reviewing and modifying copyright transfer agreements, and instructions on locating and citing the PMCID number. ... [A] “train the trainer” approach was used to inform librarians from other campus libraries that serve NIH-funded researchers ...
The library established a website to summarize the policy and the University of California implementation of it. The website includes links to the NIH policy website, the UCSD Office of Contracts and Grants Administration (OCGA) policy page, resources that help researchers determine which journals allow them to comply with the policy (e.g., SHERPA/RoMEO, the wiki about publisher policies on NIH-funded authors from Simmons University [sic], etc.), and other relevant resources—all on one page. ...
[T]he value gained by providing instruction on how to comply with the policy is proving to be long lasting, especially from the standpoint of public relations and good will. ...
Posted by
Gavin Baker at 10/26/2009 06:30:00 PM.
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.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
