CU Leaders Back Bill that Would Increase Access to Academic JournalsMay 7, 2012

Brittany Anas, Times Call, May 6, 2012

University of Colorado leaders are advocating for a legislative bill that, if passed by Congress, would make academic journals -- which have been soaring in cost -- more accessible. 

NIMH Director's BlogApr 30, 2012Thomas R. Insel, M.D., National Institute of Mental Health, April 26, 2012

Information Needed to Treat Put Beyond Physicians' ReachApr 30, 2012P. Logan Weygandt, The Baltimore Sun, April 29, 2012. Free online access to medical journal articles must be the norm.

FRPAA in the Spotlight: Public Access Bill featured in Congressional Briefing, Two Dozen Bipartisan Co-sponsors add their Support.Mar 20, 2012Fresh on the heels of yesterday’s well-attended Congressional briefing on the issue of public access to the results of taxpayer funded research, 24 new bipartisan co-sponsors have officially been added to the roster of supporters for H.R. 4004, The Federal Research Public Access Act. 

Next Steps in Public Access: Tell your Representatives to Support FRPAAFeb 29, 2012While the RWA and its damaging implications is no longer an immediate threat, action is still needed to cement stronger footing for public access on Capitol Hill. Education on and support for The Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA) is now more important than ever.

Elsevier Withdraws Support for the Research Works ActFeb 27, 2012Elsevier issues a press release relinquishing their support for the Research Works Act.

Call to action: Tell Congress you support the Bipartisan Federal Research Public Access Act (H.R. 4004 and S. 2096)Feb 9, 2012Today a suite of bi-partisan co-sponsors in both the House and the Senate introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act (FRPAA), a bill that would extend the highly successful NIH Public Access Policy to all other federal science agencies. Take action now to support this bill!

FRPAA Introduced in House and Senate: Bipartisan measure supports public access to researchFeb 9, 2012In a move that signals the growing momentum toward openness, transparency, and accessibility to publicly funded information, the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2012 (FRPAA) has been introduced today in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. 

SPARC OA Meeting a SuccessMar 20, 2012SPARC just wrapped up a very successful first-ever Open Access (OA) Meeting in Kansas City, MO. This meeting built on the foundation established by the popular SPARC Digital Repositories meeting, and its expanded focus included information on institutional OA policies, author rights, and OA publishing. The 250 (very active!) participants represented librarians, researchers, publishers, and technologists from around the globe. The meeting program was designed to inspire the community and foster opportunities for collaborative action on all issues relating to open access.

Researchers Defeat Publishers in Clash over Open Access to Scientific ReportsMar 20, 2012Noel Brinkerhoff and David Wallechinsky, AllGov, March 20, 2012