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September 22, 2004
Interview with DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) Creator
BioMed Central's Open Access Now newsletter features DOAJ creator, in article "One Stop Shop for Open Access Journals"
"There are an increasing number of Open Access journals. But tracking down all the ones that interest you on the Internet can be time-consuming. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) was created to provide a comprehensive database of Open Access scientific and scholarly journals. The DOAJ project has now entered a new phase and aims to provide article-level records for articles in Open Access journals1."
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Posted by Donna Braquet at 11:15 AM
NAS endorses NIH Open Access Plan
See our SciTech Blog for the statement.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 10:50 AM
September 07, 2004
NIH seeks public comments about open access
NIH is requesting public comments about open access to publicly funded research. The NIH encourages comments concerning its intentions to enhance public access to NIH-funded health related research information as outlined in this notice. Comments on short term impacts and suggestions for mitigating these are especially welcome.
An article regarding this issue is in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Posted by Donna Braquet at 12:01 PM